Prime Minister Narendra Modi has told all ministers and secretaries not to ignore background notes or other communication shared by National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS) and National Security Advisor (NSA), and to take them seriously, sources said on Sunday.
Stressing that while framing any policy, there is a need to look at it from India's strategic point of view, PM Modi said there were instances when notes from the national security council were not given due importance.
During a five-hour long meeting of the council of ministers held on Friday that was also attended by all secretaries in the Union government, PM Modi cited the case of the dependence on imported Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs) used for manufacturing drugs, which was highlighted by the NSCS several years back, the sources said.
