Speed Post News Network
New Delhi : Union Minister of State (MoS) PMO and Personnel, Dr Jitendra Singhon August 24, 2021, said that the curriculum at the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA) for IAS/ Civil Services is being suitably modified to suit the needs and requirements of India at 75 under the guidance and personal intervention of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Delivering keynote address at the academy on “India@75: The Road Ahead” on August 24, 2021, Dr Singhsaid that the next 25 years are very crucial for India and the civil servants have a pivotal role to play in the country’s development journey and they can also be proud to be witnessing the same. He said that the functioning mode of the civil servants should shift from ‘Rule to Role’. Quoting a slogan given by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Minister said that“development must become a Jan Andolan using Science & Technology in its most upgraded form”, according to a PIB release.
The Minister also mentioned in detail the three-month mentorship courses after the academy stint and its benefits for the civil servants. Dr Singh reiterated that India will become a frontline nation in the world community having achieved all its targets with optimum utilisation of the resources and talent available at hand. He said that for a nation, 75 years is really young and with a younger age population, India is one of the youngest nations around and we have a long, long way to go.
He emphasised that every Indian must benefit from development, have better access to service delivery without red tapism, and ease of living and this vision of rapid growth with inclusion, places a huge responsibility on the shoulders of civil servants. The Minister pointed out that the civil servants, as key policymakers, must incorporate the principles underlying welfare and inclusion in both, public policy design and implementation.
The Minister said that the idea behind “Mission Karmayogi”, launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is to harness the potential of digital, face to face and blended learning and further democratise the space for learning and knowledge sharing, capacity building for all those in public service across hierarchies and boundaries.
Dr Singh said that those in public service have to rekindle their sense of duty with a renewed passion and rigor and our commitment to alleviate the living conditions of the poor, the vulnerable and the excluded must supersede all considerations. The Civil services has to ensure that they follow a constructive, progressive, and inclusive policy for those they seek to impact upon.
Talking about the administrative reforms undertaken by the Modi government, Dr Singh mentioned doing away with attestation requirements by a Gazetted officer and also need for an interview for recruitment to the Group ‘C’ and ‘D’ posts.