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New Delhi : Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways, Shipping and Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation Nitin Gadkari delivered the 31st Intelligence Bureau (IB) Centenary Endowment Lecture here on December 24, 2018. The Minister of State for Home Affairs Hansraj Gangaram Ahir was also present.

Gadkari, in his address,  mooted Performance Audit as a better alternative to Financial Audit to evaluate the managerial and administrative ability of officials. He said though transparency is equally important, but it must accompany time bound decision making and delivery. He advocated Innovation and Modernization including IT tools and e-Tendering for making project implementation process transparent and efficient. He also touched upon the importance of Human Resource Management and drew distinction between what would constitute a bonafide and mala fide mistake.

Commending the silent and tireless role of the IB in making the country a secure and safe place, Gadkari said it is the aim of all of us to work for comprehensive and all-round development of the country that is fearless and corruption free. Stating that neither anybody is born evil nor perfect, Gadkari said police can play a key role in converting the incarcerated into contributors for the society’s welfare. Quoting the example of how solid and liquid waste has been recycled, fetching large cash returns for the Pune Municipal Corporation, the Minister said, “no one is a waste in society, the only thing is to realise and harness an individual’s potential.”

Speaking on the occasion, Director, IB, Rajiv Jain said many important personalities have delivered the IB Endowment Lecture and this is the 31st Lecture in that series. Senior officers of IB and MHA were also present on the occasion.

The Intelligence Bureau (IB) completed 100 years of its existence in 1987 and celebrated 1988 as its Centenary Year. On December 23, 1887, the Central Special Branch was set up under orders issued in London by the Secretary of State for India. The Central Special Branch was renamed as the Criminal Intelligence Bureau and, thereafter, as the Intelligence Bureau.

The year long Centenary celebrations in 1988 were marked by seminars, workshops and lectures on national security issues in different parts of the country in which the IB personnel interacted with public leaders, administrators, intellectuals and officers of other security agencies. The Centenary Year culminated in a week-long celebration in the capital. Dr Shankar Dyal Sharma, then Vice President of India, addressed the closing function on December 22, 1988, by delivering a lecture on the subject ‘The Dynamics of Security Environment’.

After the first lecture by Dr Shankar Dayal Sharma, the Centenary Endowment Lecture was institutionalised and is being organised in the third or fourth week of December every year, according to a PIB release.

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