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Modi to chair Council of Ministers on May 21 as compliance cuts and reshuffle talk grow
Politics
Published on 14 May 2026
Ministries ranked reforms since June 2024 by impact
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair a Council of Ministers meeting on May 21 in what observers call a long-delayed mid-term stocktaking exercise. The push comes as the NDA government edges toward two years in its third term, amid growing claims that a cabinet reshuffle is overdue. The agenda will reportedly review reforms since June 2024, with ministries submitting department-wise summaries grouped into legislative, statutory, policy, and administrative changes. Officials from nearly a dozen ministries are expected to brief the council.
- PM Modi chairs the Council of Ministers meeting on May 21
- It marks the first such mid-term review in a long time
- Reforms since June 2024 are central to the discussions
- Ministries classify reforms into four categories: legislative, statutory, policy, administrative
- The focus includes cutting compliance burdens and simplifying rules
- Secretaries from nearly a dozen ministries are expected to brief the council
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