President Droupadi Murmu on Monday asked civil servants to move ahead with the mindset of ‘change for the better’, observing that it has been seen on many occasions that there was a tendency to maintain the status quo.

”Either it is simple inertia or it is the indifference towards emerging problems of people arising out of the ever-changing scenario around us,” she noted when state civil services officers attending the 124th Induction Training Programme called on her.

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The president congratulated the civil services officers for their promotion and induction into Indian Administrative Services. She said that almost all of them have served for over 20 years in the state governments in different capacities. In these years they must have faced many challenges and would have taken tough decisions.

She urged them to work with the spirit of ”Nation First and People First”. She said that as IAS officers, they should adhere to the principles of integrity, transparency, commitment and promptness.

President Murmu said the country needed civil servants who were innovative, proactive and polite, professional, progressive, energetic, transparent, tech-enabled and constructive. Administrative leaders embodying these leadership styles and values would be better placed to serve the nation and citizens, she added.