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PM in Gujarat  Rashtriya Ekta Diwas



                     MANTRA FOR NEW INDIA: MINIMUM


                 GOVERNMENT, MAXIMUM GOVERNANCE



         Sardar Patel played a crucial role in unifying India for which he is called the ‘Unifier of

         India’. Since 2014, India has been celebrating October 31, Patel’s birth anniversary, as
                                              ‘Rashtriya Ekta Diwas’

                                                               Bharat and Naveen Bharat
                                                             lUnlike  the  past,  now  modern  approaches  in
                                                               training of Human Resource are being empha-
                                                               sised
                                                             lThe  Government  cannot  be  run  with  a  top-
                                                               down  approach.  The  inclusion  of  public  for
                                                               whom policies are drafted is very important.
                                                               People are the real driving force  behind  the
                                                               Government.
                                                             lToday,  130  Crore  countrymen  together  are
                                                               building a nation that is both strong and capa-
                                                               ble, in which there is equality and opportunity
                                                             lOnly a self-sufficient country can be confident
                                                               of  its  progress  as  well  as  its  security.  The
                                                               country is moving towards becoming self-suf-
                                                               ficient in the various fields, including defence
                                                             lUnity of India is the power which keeps others
                                                               on their toes. Some people want to make this
                                                               diversity  a  weakness.  India  needs  to  recog-
                                                               nize such forces and remain cautious
              ardar Vallabhbhai Patel was not just India’s   lIndia  is  building  hundreds  of  kilometres  of
              first Home Minister but also the ‘Unifier of     roads, dozens of bridges and many tunnels on
        SIndia’. On his 145th birth anniversary, Prime         the borders. Today's India is fully ready to pro-
        Minister Narendra Modi paid tributes to him and        tect its sovereignty and integrity
        gave a mantra of “Governance in India@100” –         lNow, Kashmir has moved on to a new path of
        that is when India celebrates 100 years of inde-       development,  leaving  behind  obstacles  that
        pendence, it should have ‘Minimum Government,          were coming in the development of Kashmir.
        Maximum Governance’.                                   The  country  is  establishing  new  dimensions
            While addressing Officer Trainees of the Indi-     of unity
        an Civil Services, the Prime Minister on October     lA sense of peace, brotherhood and mutual re-
        31,  2020,  urged  them  to  follow  Sardar  Patel’s   spect is the true identity of humanity. No one
        philosophy of serving the citizens of the country,     can ever get welfare from terrorism-violence.
        saying it is the highest duty of a civil servant.    lIndia  can  never  forget  Pulwama  attack.  The
        IMPORTANT POINTS FROM PM’S SPEECH                      country will never forget the kind of state-
        lIndia  is  witnessing  shift  towards  the  making    ments made regarding the incident. Recent
           of  Ek Bharat Shresth Bharat;  Aatma Nirbhar        statements made in Parliament of the neigh-


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