As far as the north-east and Jammu and Kashmir are concerned, enhancing rail, road and air connectivity to these regions are high on the Prime Minister’s agenda, apart from expediting work on some mega power projects. It is also learnt that Singh wants work on the setting up of a gas cracker project in Assam’s Dibrugarh district to be speeded up.

The PMO, it is said, was also of the view that details about how some of these projects are moving forward should be placed in the public domain — this could in fact act as a driving force for their speedy implementation. The government had earlier announced plans to set up a delivery monitoring unit in the PMO to monitor “flagship programmes and iconic projects” and publicly report on their status in the President’s address to the joint sitting of Parliament.