<span style="color: #222222;">Prime minister Narendra Modi today interacted with central ministers and emphasized the importance of being motivated, determined and vigilant in the battle against COVID-19. During the interaction, Mr Modi asked ministers to remain in touch with state and district administration to provide solutions to emergent problems and  formulate district level micro plans. He urged relevant ministries to continuously monitor and ensure that benefits of Garib Kalyan Yojana keep reaching intended beneficiaries in a seamless manner. Mr Modi asked ministers to popularize Aarogya Setu app in the rural areas and grass root institutions. Mr Modi asked to explore use of innovative solutions like 'truck aggregators' on the lines of app based cab services to connect farmers with Mandis. He asked ministers to identify ten key decisions and ten priority areas of focus for each Ministry once Lockdown ends. Saying ministries should prepare a Business Continuity Plan and be ready to fight the economic impact of COVID-19 on war footing, Prime minister highlighted the crisis is also an opportunity to boost Make in India and reduce dependence of other countries.<br />''<br />''The Prime Minister appreciated the leadership of the ministers and said that the continuous feedback provided by them has been effective in strategizing for tackling COVID-19. He said that welfare of farmers is of high importance. He also said that the government would provide all possible help to farmers in the harvesting season.<br />''<br />''The Prime Minister stressed on the importance of monitoring continuously and ensuring that the benefits of PM Garib Kalyan Yojana keep reaching the intended beneficiaries in a seamless manner. He said, there should be continuous monitoring to maintain timelines of production of essential medicines and protection equipment.<br />''<br />''The Ministers praised the initiative of #9pm9minute, saying that people from all corners of the country participated in it, bringing together the entire populace in the battle against the pandemic. They apprised the Prime Minister about efforts to tackle difficulties faced by migrant labour, preventing misuse of social media to create panic, maintenance of supply lines of essentials, issues faced by front line workers and efforts to mitigate them.<br />''<br />''Our correspondent reports, top officials of the Government gave detailed presentations on steps being taken to meet the emerging challenges.</span><br />