PM asks bureaucrats to go to field

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New Delhi : PM Narendra Modi on August 24, 2017, interacted with a group of over 80 Additional Secretaries and Joint Secretaries serving in the Government of India. This was the second of five such interactions.

During the interaction, officers shared their experiences on subjects such as performance based administration, innovation in governance, waste management, river and environment pollution, forestry, sanitation, climate change, value addition in agriculture, education and skill development.

Responding to observations made by the officers, the Prime Minister emphasized that officers must not restrict themselves to files, but go to the field to understand the true impact of decision-making. In this context, he recalled the experience of officers in post-earthquake reconstruction in Gujarat, in 2001, according to a PIB release.

The Prime Minister said that officers should not look at their work as just a duty, but an opportunity to make a positive transformation for governance in the country. He urged them to use technology interventions to simplify governance process, according to thePIB release.