About:
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- These are ad hoc bodies to recommend the Cabinet on urgent issues.
- Some GoMs have decision-making powers while others only provide recommendations.
Need of GoMs and EGoMs
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- 1990s onwards, developments have increased convergence between ministry/departments
- Policy making and implementation demand greater consultation, cooperation and coordination.
- Convergence means divergence also, to sort out inter-ministerial differences.
How have they worked?
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- Became symbol of policy paralysis during UPA time.
- Over 30 such groups were formed and some of them never met.
- Sanjay Bharu in his book Accidental PM highlighted how during UPA time, they were created to bypass ministers.
