[CA] Panel set up by PMO

Prime Minister Office constituted a high-level panel to restore normalcy after 21 days of normalcy. The high-level committee is to suggest measures to improve health-care, reduce miseries and put the economy back on track. The committee is to work under the chairmanship of P K Mishra, principal secretary of the Prime Minister. The committee will have separate task forces. Each group is to have 6 members. In all 20 secretaries and 40 other officials have been employed.

The following are the 11 different empowered groups & their heads (9 are headed by Secretary level officers, 1 by NITI Aayog member, and 1 by NITI Aayog CEO)

P. K. Mishra High Level Panel [To restore normalcy after COVID – 19]
#	Group on	Headed by
1	Medical Emergency & Management Plan	Dr V Paul (Member, NITI Aayog)
2	Availability of Hospitals, Disease Surveillance and Testing and Critical Care Training	C K Mishra (Environment Secretary)
3	Ensuring the availability of essential medical equipment, production Procurement, Import & Distribution	P D Vaghela (Pharmaceuticals Secretary)
4	Augmenting Human Resources and Capacity Building	Arun Panda (MSME Secretary)
5	Facilitating Supply Chain & Logistics Management for availability of necessary items	Parameswaran Iyer (Drinking Water Secretary)
6	Coordinating with the private sector	Amitabh Kant (CEO, NITI Aayog)
7	Economic and Welfare measures	Atanu Chakraborty (Economic Secretary)
8	Information, Communication and Public Awareness	Ravi Mittal (Information & Broadcasting Secretary)
9	Technology and Data Management	Ajay Sawhney (MEITY Secretary)
10	Public Grievances	Amit Khare (HRD Secretary)
11	Strategic issues	Ajay Kumar Bhalla (Home Secretary)