NEW DELHI: In an unusual move, the
Union cabinet
will meet Sunday morning, a day after
Lok Sabha election dates
were announced.
Though the meeting’s agenda was not known till late Friday, sources said some key matters may be taken up, as a
trade deal
with Oman and increasing the
Line of Credit
to $250 million for
Iran’s Chabahar port
are among some of the issues on which decisions are pending.
A high level inter-ministerial committee last week had held a meeting on the issue of enhancing the LoC.
Discussions on the
FTA
with Oman where intense negotiations have taken place over the past few months were slated for the last meeting itself, but no decision was announced.
With the ‘
model code of conduct
’ in place, govt is hamstrung in taking policy decisions but issues related to
international relations
have been on the table for a while. Any announcement will need to be ratified by the Election CommissionEC.
Following the last cabinet meeting, I&B minister Anurag Thakur had said that the cabinet can meet till the term of the govt as governance is a continuous exercise.
While chairing a recent meeting of the council of ministers, Prime Minister
Narendra Modi
had said told ministers and secretaries thatthat governance must not take a backseat during the election process.
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