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LATERAL ENTRY 360-DEGREE APPRAISAL

The 360-degree appraisal was introduced for
the empanelment of the Joint Secretaries and
higher-level officers in the Central Government.
Under this, before bringing any officer to these
posts in the Central Government, multi-source
feedback is taken. Information is taken from
wherever the officer who is being empaneled has
worked or from some other source other than
his junior or senior. Apart from this, a complete
The Government has, from time to time, appointed service record and vigilance report of the officer
some eminent persons for specific responsibilities is also collected. This process eliminates the
keeping in view their special knowledge and possibility of empanelment of such officers whose
expertise in the respective field of work. However, performance has been poor or who are not able
on the initiative of Prime Minister Modi, the services to take responsibility fully. After this decision of the
of experts in the relevant field are being taken government, there is pressure on the officers to
effectively in this regard so that the country and the prove their competence at the workplace, besides
people at large can benefit from their experience maintaining efficient behaviour.
and expertise. NITI Aayog in its three-year action
plan and the Regional Group of Secretaries on
Governance (SGoS) in its report in February 2017 had
recommended the recruitment of middle and senior
management level personnel in the government.
Based on this, an in-principle decision was taken
to appoint non-governmental sector experts at
the level of Joint Secretary, Deputy Secretary, and
Director in the identified Ministries and Departments.

stagnation, by bringing change to the entire mantra would be to complete the tasks and ensure
system. Several ministries that were functioning concrete implementation. Had a direct meeting with
as a single department were given total authority, all the secretaries of the Government of India and
and by establishing a separate ministry for skill had put forth the agenda of governance. On June 4,
development and entrepreneurship, youth were 2014, Amitabh Kant, a senior bureaucrat and CEO of
trained on a large scale and encouraged to innovate. NITI Aayog, tweeted about this meeting, saying, "For
His main objective was to create a smart the first time in my career, I had such an open, candid,
administration through the merger of the ministries and bold conversation with a Prime Minister of the
so that the officers would also perform their best, the country. Very inspiring, and I saw the flow of ideas."
effect of which is clearly visible in the governance. Prime Minister Modi also added young professionals
He also presented a 10-point blueprint for good to important ministries, departments, and NITI Aayog
governance, which emphasised empowering the to coordinate with the bureaucracy and increase
bureaucracy while making it fearless. The Prime the speed of work so that a radical change can be
Minister had made it clear at the same time that his brought to the traditional model of governance.

PM MODI'S We should have three goals clearly in front of us. There should be changes in the life of ordinary
to ordinary human beings in the country and they should also realize it. Whatever we do in the
MANTRA country, we should do it in the global context. Wherever we may be in any position, our main
responsibility is the unity of the country, integrity of the country. We cannot compromise on that.

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