From South Block to Seva Teerth, PMO gets new address today: What is new
India Today
In a transformative milestone for India's administrative governance architecture, the Prime Minister's Office will get a new address today for the first time since Independence.
India’s most powerful address changes today as Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to inaugurate Seva Teerth, the new integrated complex that will house the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO). The relocation -- a first since Independence -- marks a shift to a modern, state-of-the-art facility designed to consolidate key executive functions and enhance administrative efficiency.
Describing it as a “transformative milestone in India’s administrative governance architecture,” the government said the project reflects the Prime Minister’s commitment to a modern, efficient and citizen-centric governance ecosystem.
PM Modi will unveil the name Seva Teerth at 1.30 pm before inaugurating Seva Teerth and Kartavya Bhavan-1 and 2, which will house several major ministries.
For decades, ministries operated from ageing, scattered buildings across the Central Vista, leading to coordination gaps, logistical hurdles and high maintenance costs. The new complexes aim to resolve these issues by bringing key administrative arms together in future-ready infrastructure designed for seamless coordination.
The government expects the consolidation to speed up decision-making, reduce costs and enhance transparency.
Seva Teerth will house three core executive institutions -- the Prime Minister’s Office (Seva Teerth-1), the National Security Council Secretariat (Seva Teerth-2) and the Cabinet Secretariat (Seva Teerth-3) -- which earlier functioned from separate locations. Their co-location is expected to strengthen strategic coordination at the highest levels of government.
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