TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ Efficient management of time and speedy decision-making have been the focus of President Ram Nath Kovind who completed 100 days in office today, according to officials of the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Kovind, who took over on July 25 as the 14th president, has also sought to reach out to the states, which form a crucial part of the federal structure of the country, by undertaking visits there. He has already visited several states and the target is to cover almost all the states by the year-end, the officials told.
The states which Kovind visited included those ruled by non-NDA parties, like Karnataka and Kerala, they pointed out, seeking to underline that the president was being non-partisan as he ought to be. In fact, he travelled to Kerala twice.
In some states, the president travelled to rural and interior areas, the officials said. But in all these travels, he mostly did not stay overnight and returned the same evening, as part of his thrust on efficient time management, the officials said. As president, Kovind also undertook his first foreign visit to Djibouti and Ethiopia from October 3 to 6.
