Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar has said that civil servants were real guardians of the federal character of our nation and they should not align with political dispensation, or select people in industry, trade, business and commerce.
He was addressing civil servants on the occasion of the 17th Civil Services Day at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi. He also conferred the Prime Minister’s Awards for Excellence in Public Administration.
On the occasion of the 17th Civil Services Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address civil servants on Monday at Vigyan Bhawan.
News reports pertaining to a probationary officer of the Indian Administrative Service fraudulently benefiting from allegedly false certificates to qualify in the civil service examination and for brazen behaviour and gross misuse of power and position conceals more than they reveal.
Addressing Assistant Secretaries of IAS 2022 batch, he underscored that civil servants cannot ingratiate with political dispensations.
President Murmu said and urged the civil servants to promote ''jan bhagidari'' to achieve the objectives of the various programmes.
The Union Minister said: “The Maximum Governance, Minimum Government policy has been translated into reality by digitally empowering citizens."
Narendra Modi was addressing civil servants on the occasion of the 16th Civil Services Day.
The prime minister has constantly appreciated the contribution of civil servants towards nation building and enthused them to work even harder.
Apex investigating agency Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered 110 cases against 166 Civil Service Officers since the year 2018.
