Ensure minimum govt, maximum governance: PM Narendra Modi’s mantra to IAS probationers

Ahmedabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday suggested the probationary civil servants to take selections within the nationwide curiosity by following the mantra of “minimum government and maximum governance”.

The PM additionally requested them to keep away from the limelight and transcend their routine jobs to ascertain their id.

PM Modi was addressing the probationers by way of video convention from Kevadiya in Gujarat’s Narmada district, the place he paid tributes to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on the Statue of Unity on his 145th delivery anniversary earlier within the day.

“The turn at which the country stands today…The role of bureaucrats like you is of minimum government and maximum governance. You have to ensure that your interference in common people’s lives is reduced and that they get empowered,” he stated.

“I would also request that whatever decision a civil servant takes should be in the national interest and aimed at strengthening the unity and sovereignty of the country and keeping India’s constitutional spirit high,” he stated.

“Your area may be small, the limit of the department under you may be small, but there should be national perspective in your decisions,” he stated.

“A government does not run on policies alone. People for whom the policies are meant need to be involved. People are not the receiver of the government policies and programmes. They are the real driving force,” he stated, including that the probationers ought to intention to maneuver from authorities to governance.

“You will face two ways- one of comfort, name and fame, while another of struggle, difficulties and problems. But I can tell you from my experience that you will face real difficulties when you choose the easy way out,” he stated.

Modi stated the probationers had been getting into the service at a vital juncture when India is about to enter the 75th yr of Independence.

“You will be at a crucial juncture of your career 25 years later when the country celebrates its 100th Independence Day. These 25 years between 75th and 100th years of Independence are a lot. And you are the people who will be part of the most important administrative system. You have a big responsibility in the coming 25 years to ensure the country’s safety, security, the welfare of the poor and farmers, women and youth, and India’s proper position at the global level,” he stated.

He stated that Sardar Patel used to name bureaucrats the ‘metal body’. “The role of a steel frame is not just to support the system, but also to remind the country that they will fulfil the responsibility of taking the country forward successfully amid big crisis and difficulties like a facilitator,” PM Modi added.

The Prime Minister stated that attaining the large intention of nation-building and making India self-reliant will not be simple.

“When you go ahead facing all the challenges and work constantly to provide ease of living to people, then the results will be for the country to see,” he stated.
He stated they need to not work with the intention of coming into limelight however by remaining nameless.

He requested them to keep away from “dikhaas aur chhapaas” (longing for getting printed in newspapers and to be seen on TV) and never neglect their very own social roots.

PM Modi stated they need to do greater than their routine job to ascertain their id. He additionally requested the probationers to consider their function in fulfilling the dream of ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’

“Sardar Patel dreamt of ‘Ek Bharat-Shreshtha Bharat’. His dream was attached to the idea of ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’,” he stated.

“During the coronavirus pandemic, we have learnt a big lesson of self-reliance,” he stated, including that the nation additionally turned an exporter of defence gear for which it was as soon as depending on different nations.

 

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