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Cover Story National Civil Services Day Special

PURPOSE OF The Indian Administrative Service and State
Administrative Service have to rededicate and commit
to the cause of the citizens. At the same time, it is for
CELEBRATING the government to motivate and appreciate the work
and efforts of civil service officers. The government
CIVIL SERVICES DAY evaluates the work of the departments. The central
government gives awards to individuals and groups
doing the best work. On this day officers of most of the
central and state governments are honoured by the
Prime Minister of India for their exceptional services in
the field of public administration.

country for new changes, achieving new goals, and skill sets have to be improved, and they have to
adopting new routes and methods. In earlier times, be given the opportunity to become Karmayogis.
there was not much emphasis on this. Not much Artificial intelligence, data governance, etc. have
thought has gone into how modern approaches to been added to the training of officers. As a result of
training came about. But now a lot of emphasis is this, this is happening for the first time in India since
being placed on the proper and modern training independence when a government has talked about
of human resources in the country. In the last few taking its schemes to perfection and has made a
years, the nature of training for civil servants has long-term plan for the same.
changed a lot. In this episode, 'Aarambh' is not just In order to enable the bureaucracy and increase
a beginning; it is also a symbol and a new tradition. the pace of development, the present central
Similarly, Mission Karmayogi is a new experiment government has changed the rewards given for
of its kind in the direction of capacity-building. administrative work and made it more plan-oriented.
Through this mission, the government employees Not only this, there are many central ministers in the
and their approach have to be modernised, their current government who had done their best while

PM MODI'S You are taking steps towards the big goal of a self-reliant India for nation-building, it is
not necessary that you will get easy ways. One should not even wish for it. When you move
MANTRA forward by solving every challenge and work to increase the ease of living, then not only
you, but the whole country will get its benefit.

16 New India Samachar April 16-30, 2023