CM Uddhav Thackeray relaxes foreign visit norms for ministers BySujit MahamulkarSujit Mahamulkar / Updated: Feb 3, 2021, 13:26 IST foreign tours. Chief minister Uddhav Thackeray has relaxed the foreign visit norms for ministers, but tightened the rules for state officials—the secretary of the respective departments have been entrusted with the task of justifying and permitting state officials to travel abroad. administrative department (GAD) in 2016, when Devendra Fadnavis-led government was in power, which stated ministers, MLAs and MLCs have to fulfil criteria like those followed by state officials if they want to visit a foreign country and the proposal should be submitted to three-member committee before seeking final approval.