PM Modi to Start Working from New Office on January 14 Makar Sankranti

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to move into a new office on Makar Sankranti, January 14, shifting the Prime Minister's Office from South Block to the newly built 'Seva Teerth' complex under the Central Vista Redevelopment Project, a move that ends the PMO's continuous presence in South Block since 1947 and reshapes the core of India’s administrative zone.

The change comes as part of a larger redesign of central government spaces in New Delhi, with South and North Blocks set to be turned into a public museum named 'Yuge Yugeen Bharat Sangrahalaya', reflecting a move towards public access while key decision-making offices relocate to a modern zone known as the Executive Enclave.

Key features of the Seva Teerth PMO complex

The 'Seva Teerth' complex has been planned to bring together the Prime Minister's Office, the Cabinet Secretariat and the National Security Council Secretariat, with each institution placed in its own separate building to streamline operations while keeping functions distinct, and the name underlines a theme of duty and public 'service' (seva) at the heart of its design.

The building that will now host the PMO is called 'Seva Teerth-1' and includes upgraded work areas along with large ceremonial halls, while 'Seva Teerth 2' already houses the Cabinet Secretariat after a shift in September last year and 'Seva Teerth-3' has been planned to accommodate the office of the National Security Advisor under the same secure campus.

Cost, scale and layout of the Seva Teerth PMO complex

The entire Executive Enclave, including 'Seva Teerth', is being constructed by Larsen & Toubro at a cost of Rs 1,189 crore and covers 2,26,203 sq ft, and a separate official residence for the Prime Minister, temporarily labelled "Executive Enclave Part 2", is also rising nearby as part of the same redevelopment cluster.

Details of the new zone highlight the scale of the project and its layout within the Central Vista area, with the Executive Enclave designed to sit alongside new secretariat buildings and future museum spaces that will emerge from the old colonial-era blocks.

The transformation of South and North Blocks into 'Yuge Yugeen Bharat Sangrahalaya' is moving forward after an agreement signed on December 19, 2024, with France's Museum Development Agency for technical cooperation on planning and development, bringing foreign expertise into how the former government offices will be curated for visitors.

The shift to 'Seva Teerth' aligns with Prime Minister Modi's stated effort to reduce symbols of colonial rule in central Delhi, the same approach that saw Rajpath renamed Kartavya Path, and the new location and naming pattern underscore a preference for terms linked to duty, responsibility and public service within the Central Vista Redevelopment Project.

Alongside the Executive Enclave, the Union government is building a series of Common Central Secretariat buildings to gather ministries that are now scattered across Delhi into fewer, purpose-built structures, and Kartavya Bhawan, inaugurated in August last year, already hosts several ministries as part of that administrative consolidation plan.

With the PMO moving into 'Seva Teerth-1', the Cabinet Secretariat settled in 'Seva Teerth 2', and the National Security Council Secretariat expected in 'Seva Teerth-3', the Central Vista Redevelopment Project advances another stage, reshaping where top decisions are taken while older colonial-era offices prepare for a new role as 'Yuge Yugeen Bharat Sangrahalaya'.