Union Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pension Dr Jitendra Singh has called upon Civil Servants to adopt Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s mantra of “Nation First, Always First” to serve the nation.

The Minister was speaking at the 25th Regional Conference on ‘Good Governance’ which concluded here last evening. The two-day long event had been organized by the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances.

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The Union Minister said: “The Maximum Governance, Minimum Government policy has been translated into reality by digitally empowering citizens. A confident India is manifest in the strides in science and technology, infrastructure, and digital empowerment of citizens.”

As many as 13 award winners under the PM’s Awards Scheme for Excellence in Public Administration presented their outstanding work and shared their experiences. Two thematic policy sessions and nine technical sessions featured 35 speakers. Senior officers from 21 States/UTs participated in the event in hybrid mode.

He said the Union Government has taken several strides to adopt new age technologies for better delivery of good governance and services to citizens and many of these practices deserve to be shared widely so that others too can emulate the same.

“As we embark on the journey towards building the Atma Nirbhar Bharat, we have to focus on empowering our citizens and ensure even the last person at the end of the line does not feel left out of the nation’s progress to prosperity,” he said.