My dear friends, I feel very happy to be with your group consisting of IAS Officers of 2020 batch. I congratulate each one of you for having reached a milestone in your life. I consider the common foundation programme for all civil services a praiseworthy step. It enables our young civil servants to begin their career with a vast exposure and cross-functional interaction. The learning you have acquired and the bonding you have developed are going to benefit you throughout your career. I have been informed that starting with the batch of 2015, officers100 of all the batches of IAS get posted as Assistant Secretaries for three months in the various ministries120 and departments in Government of India. I understand that the current batch has already completed substantial part of this posting. I am sure that your knowledge about the flagship national programmes will help you contribute better when you go to your postings and implement such programmes at the ground level. Your exposure to the working of the Central Ministries will also enable you to align your functioning with national objectives. The big picture that you are getting to see will200 help you in steering the local systems and schemes.
You have joined
the civil services at a historic juncture. We have completed 75 years as
an independent country. We are looking ahead at the next 25 years as240 the period to re-imagine India
and make it a developed country. Today you are at the beginning of your
career. By 2047, you will be among the senior-most decision
makers. By working with passion and pride, you can ensure that the India of
2047 will be much more prosperous, strong and happy.
In the300 past 75 years, we, the people of
India, have increased our life expectancy from 32 years to nearly 71
years which is more than double the base-line after independence. Our literacy
rate has increased more than four times, from just over 18 per cent to
nearly 78 per cent. Our GDP has360 gone up 10 times, and we are a 3.2 trillion-dollar economy.
There is much more which makes us feel proud as citizens of India. Generations
of civil servants after independence have also contributed to all
such achievements.400 I appreciate the civil services fraternity for this. But the new India aspires for much more. It seeks a much higher
standing in the global community on all major parameters of growth and
development. As civil servants, you have an important role to play in
the emergence of India as a global hub of knowledge, innovation, technology,
and various other fields. For shaping that India of 2047, you have to work with
a modern and service-oriented480 mindset. Mission Karmayogi is a major initiative to make our
civil servants more modern, dynamic and sensitive in their approach. 500
I grew up in a
remote and less developed part of our country. Since my childhood to my
days in public service, I have come across all kinds of civil servants. I
have seen committed civil servants who used to reach the remotest
villages with the zeal to help the people. I have also observed that if more
and more people participate in any programme, it becomes more successful.
In my life of public service, I have found that people’s
involvement has been the key to success of activities in the areas of
sanitation, education, self-employment and several other fields.600 You should try to involve common people in the
major programmes of public service. With tremendous growth in
infrastructure, it has become easier to reach remote parts of the
country. I expect you to reach the last person or the640 most deprived person in
your area of responsibility and improve his living condition. You can open up
opportunities for those who are not aware of the welfare schemes
or development programmes.
My dear friends, please remember that any welfare initiative can be rated truly
successful only if its benefits reach the poor people at the lowest
strata of our society.700 In fact, you should try to reach such underprivileged
people. They should not be put into the difficulty of reaching720 you for help. The nation remains
grateful to Sardar Patel as a builder of many aspects of
modern India. One of those aspects was his conviction to modify the steel
frame of the British Empire and transform it into a service which would be
totally Indian in attitude and working. In line with the expectation of Sardar
Patel, you can take a resolve to serve the least developed
segments and people in your sub-divisions. You should be
fired by the800 passion to make your area ‘number one’ in terms of human
development index. You should feel pride in transforming lives of the underprivileged.
You should be sensitive to the people you are duty-bound to serve. I
also leave you840 with an advice. Whatever you do is going to be closely observed
by the common people, media and other stakeholders. In the next few
years, the common people and others will form their opinion about your performance,
contribution, lifestyle and other aspects. That image will be your professional
and social capital for the rest of your career and life.900 You have to be the torch
bearers of the succeeding batches leading up to the batch of 2047.
This is a historic opportunity for all of you. I am sure that you
will seize this opportunity and contribute your best in shaping the great
India of tomorrow. I wish all of you a very bright future.956
PITMAN POCKET SHORTHAND
DICTIONARY
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