diff --git a/src/base/sandesh/task.sandesh b/src/base/sandesh/task.sandesh
index 8d6bd1bef45..33b7b1791d2 100644
--- a/src/base/sandesh/task.sandesh
+++ b/src/base/sandesh/task.sandesh
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ struct SandeshTaskGroup {
     1: string name;
     2: u32 task_id;
     3: list <SandeshTaskEntry> task_entry_list;
-    4: list <SandeshTaskPolicyEntry> task_policy_list;
+    4: optional list <SandeshTaskPolicyEntry> task_policy_list;
 }
 
 response sandesh SandeshTaskScheduler {
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ response sandesh SandeshTaskScheduler {
 request sandesh SandeshTaskRequest {
 }
 
+request sandesh SandeshTaskSummaryRequest {
+}
+
 /**
  * @description: Running tasks information
  * @severity: DEBUG
diff --git a/src/base/task.cc b/src/base/task.cc
index 3acc394e78e..64a0aa7646a 100644
--- a/src/base/task.cc
+++ b/src/base/task.cc
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ class TaskGroup {
     void ClearTaskGroupStats();
     void ClearTaskStats();
     void ClearTaskStats(int instance_id);
-    void GetSandeshData(SandeshTaskGroup *resp) const;
+    void GetSandeshData(SandeshTaskGroup *resp, bool summary) const;
 
     int task_id() const { return task_id_; }
     int deferq_size() const { return deferq_.size(); }
@@ -1358,7 +1358,7 @@ void TaskEntry::GetSandeshData(SandeshTaskEntry *resp) const {
     resp->set_waitq_size(waitq_.size());
     resp->set_deferq_size(deferq_->size());
 }
-void TaskGroup::GetSandeshData(SandeshTaskGroup *resp) const {
+void TaskGroup::GetSandeshData(SandeshTaskGroup *resp, bool summary) const {
     TaskScheduler *scheduler = TaskScheduler::GetInstance();
     std::vector<SandeshTaskEntry> list;
     TaskEntry *task_entry = QueryTaskEntry(-1);
@@ -1380,6 +1380,9 @@ void TaskGroup::GetSandeshData(SandeshTaskGroup *resp) const {
     }
     resp->set_task_entry_list(list);
 
+    if (summary)
+        return;
+
     std::vector<SandeshTaskPolicyEntry> policy_list;
     for (TaskGroupPolicyList::const_iterator it = policy_.begin();
          it != policy_.end(); ++it) {
@@ -1391,7 +1394,7 @@ void TaskGroup::GetSandeshData(SandeshTaskGroup *resp) const {
     resp->set_task_policy_list(policy_list);
 }
 
-void TaskScheduler::GetSandeshData(SandeshTaskScheduler *resp) {
+void TaskScheduler::GetSandeshData(SandeshTaskScheduler *resp, bool summary) {
     tbb::mutex::scoped_lock lock(mutex_);
 
     resp->set_running(running_);
@@ -1406,7 +1409,7 @@ void TaskScheduler::GetSandeshData(SandeshTaskScheduler *resp) {
         resp_group.set_task_id(it->second);
         resp_group.set_name(it->first);
         if (group)
-            group->GetSandeshData(&resp_group);
+            group->GetSandeshData(&resp_group, summary);
         list.push_back(resp_group);
     }
     resp->set_task_group_list(list);
diff --git a/src/base/task.h b/src/base/task.h
index 5af1ea5763f..3850d69d31c 100644
--- a/src/base/task.h
+++ b/src/base/task.h
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ class TaskScheduler {
     uint64_t cancel_count() const { return cancel_count_; }
     // Force number of threads
     void SetMaxThreadCount(int n);
-    void GetSandeshData(SandeshTaskScheduler *resp);
+    void GetSandeshData(SandeshTaskScheduler *resp, bool summary);
     void Log(const char *file_name, uint32_t line_no, const Task *task,
              const char *description, uint32_t delay);
     void RegisterLog(LogFn fn);
diff --git a/src/base/task_sandesh.cc b/src/base/task_sandesh.cc
index a9f322a3385..4ae9bea6bfc 100644
--- a/src/base/task_sandesh.cc
+++ b/src/base/task_sandesh.cc
@@ -2,22 +2,26 @@
  * Copyright (c) 2013 Juniper Networks, Inc. All rights reserved.
  */
 
-#include <iostream>
-#include <fstream>
-#include <tbb/task.h>
 #include <base/task.h>
-#include <base/logging.h>
-
-#include <sandesh/sandesh_types.h>
 #include <sandesh/sandesh.h>
+#include <sandesh/sandesh_types.h>
 #include <base/sandesh/task_types.h>
 
-using namespace std;
-void SandeshTaskRequest::HandleRequest() const {
+using std::string;
+
+static void HandleRequestCommon(const string &context, bool summary) {
     SandeshTaskScheduler *resp = new SandeshTaskScheduler;
     TaskScheduler *scheduler = TaskScheduler::GetInstance();
-    scheduler->GetSandeshData(resp);
-    resp->set_context(context());
+    scheduler->GetSandeshData(resp, summary);
+    resp->set_context(context);
     resp->set_more(false);
     resp->Response();
 }
+
+void SandeshTaskRequest::HandleRequest() const {
+    HandleRequestCommon(context(), false);
+}
+
+void SandeshTaskSummaryRequest::HandleRequest() const {
+    HandleRequestCommon(context(), true);
+}