Election Commission said, it has found no violation of the poll code in Niti Aayog sharing data with the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) on places where Prime Minister Narendra Modi was set to campaign for the ongoing Lok Sabha elections.
About:
What is it? PMO consists of the immediate staff of the Prime Minister of India, as well as multiple levels of support staff reporting to the Prime Minister.
History: This executive body was formed in 1947. The PMO was originally called the Prime Minister's Secretariat until 1977, when it was renamed during the Morarji Desai ministry.
Principal Secretary: The PMO is headed politically by PM and administratively by the Principal Secretary (currently Nripendra Misra).
During the tenure of Nehru as PM, the then Prime Minister's Secretariat was headed by a Joint Secretary until his death.
The post of Principal Secretary to PM was created during the tenure of Indira Gandhi.
Location: It is located in the South Block (Secretariat Building) New Delhi.
Functions: Following 5 key functions are assigned to the PMO in the Government of India Allocation of business rules 1961 (as amended in 1970) –
To deal with all references that have, under the rules of business, come to the Prime Minister.
To help the Prime Minister in respect of his/her overall responsibilities as head of Government. It includes liaison with the Union Ministries and the state Governments on matters in which the Prime Minister maybe interested.
To help the Prime Minister in the discharge of his responsibilities as the chairman of the Planning Commission (Now replaced by NITI Aayog).
To deal with the public relations side of the Prime Minister's office, that is, relations with the press, public.
To assist the Prime Minister in the examination of cases submitted to him for orders under prescribed rules.
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