PM Modi Inaugurates Kartavya Bhavan in New Delhi

On Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated Kartavya Bhavan which is the first of 10 Common Central Secretariat buildings that will host the bureaucracy in various ministries.

The goal is to get the full 10 within the following two years.

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Kartavya Bhawan is the first of several planned Common Central Secretariat buildings designed to streamline administration and support efficient governance.

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This is in line with the Central Vista redevelopment project in which the government of Modi has created the new Parliament building as well as the Vice President Enclave. One of the major highways located around the power centre in the country was redeveloped and renamed as Kartavya Path, where it was formerly known as Raj Path.

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And who will work within Kartavya Bhavan?

Kartavya Bhavan is the prototype in the 10 slated to open. It will house offices of some key ministries including home affairs and interior, foreign affairs, rural development, micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) and petroleum and natural gas.

Kartavya Bhavan will also be the location of the office of the Principal Scientific Adviser as well as the department of personnel and training.

Two additional buildings will be ready by the start of next month, and another by April the following year with two more in October 2026.

Project in its new PMO

Having constructed or redeveloped the structures of the bureacracy, secondly comes an Executive Enclave that would consist of a new Prime Minister Office (PMO), a Cabinet Secretariat, the India House and the National Security Council Secretariat.

The Executive Enclave will be undergoing a second phase where another residential structure of the PM will also be built.

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Which building remain?

Several of the crucial ministries operate out of the ageing infrastructures such as Shastri Bhawan, Krishi Bhawan, Udyog Bhawan and Nirman Bhawan, built between the 1950s and 1970s which the government find to be structurally old and inefficient.

According to housing and urban affairs minister Manohar Lal Khattar, offices operating out of these structures will be relocated to premises located on Kasturba Gandhi Marg, Minto road and Netaji palace on temporary basis during a period of two years.

There are some buildings that are proposed to be saved at the moment.

These are National museum, National archive, Jawaharlal Nehru bhavan (Ministry of external affairs) and Dr ambedkar auditorium. Vanijya Bhawan is also to be retained.

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