For decades, North Block and South Block have stood atop Raisina Hill as the twin nerve centres of India’s executive power. A shift came on February 13, 2026, when the Prime Minister's Office (PMO)shiftedto a new address - the Seva Teerth. More than a logistical change, the move raises a larger question about the future role of these iconic buildings that have shaped India’s governance for decades. The imperial complex was designed by British architect Herbert Baker in the early 1900s to meet the requirements of the British Raj.

The shift came on February 13, a day that marked 95 years since the formal inauguration of New Delhi as India's modern capital in 1931.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday inaugurated the Seva Teerth Complex, which houses the PMO, the National Security Council Secretariat and the Cabinet Secretariat. He had arrived in a motorcade along with Union ministers Manohar Lal and Jitendra Singh and top PMO officials.

PM Modi garlanded a statue of Lord Ganesha in the PMO and took important decisions targeted at the welfare of women, farmers, youth and vulnerable citizens.

Inaugurating Seva Teerth and two buildings of the central secretariat, called Kartavya Bhawan 1 and 2, Prime Minister Modi said the new structures housing the PMO and the central secretariat mark an important milestone in India's journey towards 'Viksit Bharat' (developed India) and they reflect the government's commitment to citizen-centric governance and national progress.

The relocation is part of the government's broader initiative to decolonise India's administrative architecture and governance. Earlier, the home ministry had moved out of the North Block complex at Raisina Hills in Lutyens' Delhi.

The North and South blocks have been the seat of power in the country since 1921. As the PMO has moved out, the government plans to convert the iconic buildings into the 'Yuge Yugeen Bharat National Museum', a world-class museum tracing India's civilisational journey.

For the upcoming Yuge Yugeen Bharat Museum, objects will be drawn from six museums of the culture ministry, 52 ASI site museums, repatriated artefacts, and those loaned for long-term from international institutions, state-level museums, and prominent private collections, the government informed Parliament on Thursday. Union Culture Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat also said, "as the design phase is still ongoing, the project’s budget and timeline are currently being determined."

"It is being developed within the North and South Blocks of the Central Vista project. As the design phase is still ongoing, the project’s budget and timeline are currently being determined," he added.

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