PM urges young IAS officers to bring in new ideas

A section of 2017 batch IAS being appointed as assistant secretaries

PRIME Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday urged the newly-appointed GoI assistant secretaries to bring in new ideas and approaches to the government, adding that the confluence of experience and freshness would be beneficial to the system. Here below is what PM told the young IAS officers:

Govt may organise national level police parades near Sardar Patel statue every year

PRIME Minister Narendra Modi this weekend suggested that a national level parade could be organised by police forces of about three to four states near the Statue of Unity every year on October 31, the birthday of Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel, former union home minister who had played a stellar role for unification of India post-Independence. This day is also observed as National Unity Day. “This need not be a traditional parade but may be a…

PM’s interaction with 170 young IAS officers; 10 Things to Know

PRIME Minister Narendra Modi stressed on the need for increasing people’s trust on governance when he had an interaction with 170 young IAS officers in New Delhi on Wednesday. Here are the 10 short takes on the interaction between the PM and the 2016 batch IAS officers:

PM asks India's future diplomats to be more tech-savvy; 5 takeaways of PM’s meeting with 39 officer-trainees

PRIME Minister Narendra Modi on Monday asked India’s future diplomats to be more tech-savvy with an urge to engage more with diaspora, who, according to the PM, are increasingly becoming important stakeholders in the conduct of foreign relations. Here are five takeaways of the PM’s meeting with 39 officer trainees of Indian Foreign Service, currently undergoing training in the Foreign Service Institute:

Social Media, messaging in local languages are important for cyber security: PM to top police officers

PM at BSF Academy, Tekanpur

PRIME Minister Narendra Modi on Monday asked the senior police officers to understand the importance of of social media in the context of cyber security, adding that the messaging should rely on local languages for greater effectiveness. He also talked about breaking of silos and more information sharing among states, asking senior officers to involve younger officers. A day after interacting with senior police officers — DGPs and IGPs — at the BSF Academy at Tekanpur, Madhya Pradesh, for nine long hours, PM on Monday addressed the valedictory ceremony at the conference of Director Generals and Inspector Generals of Police at BSF Academy. Here are the 10 takeaways of the PM’s speech:

How civil servants reacted to PM’s LBSNAA visit; “Mussoorie days are the most memorable for any IAS official”

AS Prime Minister Narendra Modi spent a couple of days at Mussoorie’s Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA) last week, a number of ministers and civil servants across seniority expressed their feedback; for many a civil servant it was more an occasion to refresh their fond memories in the campus when they were undergoing training. BoI here publishes some of the officers' reaction to PM’s visit to the academy where he spent a night and participated in a Yoga session among a series of other interactions:

“Anonymity is the biggest strength of the civil servants”, says PM Modi at day 2 in LBSNAA

PM at a Yoga session at LBSNAA

ANONYMITY is the biggest strength of the civil servants, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told a gathering of officer trainees at LBSNAA, Mussoorie, on the second day of his visit to the IAS academy. PM compared the civil services to the fourth lion of the Ashoka Emblem, saying how the emblem remains…

PM on 2-day visit to LBSNAA, Mussoorie; Day 1 saw PM having a 4-hour-long interaction with officer trainees; 10 things to know

A section of the officer trainees while listening to the PM

PRIME Minister Narendra Modi spent close to four hours interacting with about 360 officer trainees at the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA), Mussoorie on Thursday. PM is at LBSNAA on a two-day visit. Here are the 10 developments of the PM’s day-1 of the LBSNAA visit:

2015 batch IAS officers make 8 presentations to PM on railway safety to data driven rural prosperity; 10 highlights

YOUNG IAS officers of 2015 batch on Tuesday made eight presentations before the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other senior officers on themes as varied as heritage tourism to railway safety and tracking individual carbon footprints. PM while addressing these assistant secretaries said, those officers who had risen from humble backgrounds should meet young students and motivate them. “Communication leads to compassion”, he added. Here below are the 10 highlights of the interaction:

SAY CHEESE: “Maintain a positive work environment in government”, PM says

A section of additional secretaries and JS

NOT always you see a photo when the Prime Minister is speaking and senior bureaucrats are smiling. Usually, the photos released by the government’s publicity department are of the nature of the PM speaking the audience while the senior bureaucrats would be seen in a very serious mood listening to the PM in rapt attention. But on Saturday, PM had an interaction with 80 additional secretaries and joint secretaries, the third of his proposed five interactions with the government of India's senior bureaucracy. And if this photo released on Saturday and published here is any indication, the most of the bureaucrats were well…

All government wings need to work in harmony: PM to a group of addl secretaries, JS; 10 things that PM said

ALL wings of the government must work in harmony, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said while interacting with 70 additional secretaries and joint secretaries in New Delhi on Wednesday, emphasizing how the officers need to take a lead to break the silos in the government. This was the first of the five such interactions being planned with senior bureaucracy in the government. Here are 10 things PM emphasized:

PM suggests young officers to visit states to understand best practices; “writing of Gazettes by officers should be made compulsory in districts”

A section of chief secretaries while listening to PM

A TEAM of young officers from across states should deliberate and learn from the best practices of each state by visiting those states, Prime Minister Narendra Modi suggested while interacting with chief secretaries of states and union territories in New Delhi on Monday. Some of the best practices highlighted by chief secretaries during the interaction included…themes such as rural development, skill development, crop insurance, health insurance, tertiary healthcare, welfare of divyang children, reducing infant mortality, tribal welfare, solid waste management, sanitation, drinking water, river conservation, water management, e-governance, pension reform, emergency services, development of mineral-rich areas, PDS reform, direct benefit transfer of subsidy, solar energy, cluster development, good governance and ease of doing business. He further said that writing of Gazettes by officers should be made compulsory in the districts. PM in his speech highlighted the following 10 points among others:

PM asks young officers to recall their life upto the day of UPSC result; “Boldness is required to drive change”

2015 batch IAS officers while listening to PM

PRIME Minister on Monday asked young IAS officers of 2015 batch, currently in deputation with the Central government as assistant secretaries, to recall their life upto the day of the UPSC result, the challenges they faced; and use the opportunities they will now have, to bring about positive changes in the system. The young officers are posted with various Central government ministries and departments for the next three months. Based on the press note issued by the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) on Monday, here are the key highlights of what the PM told the young IAS officers:

“Anonymity is one of the greatest strengths of civil services”; 10 things PM said on Civil Services Day

PRIME Minister Narendra Modi on Friday cautioned civil servants that the use of social media should not lead to a decline anonymity which has been one of the greatest strengths of civil services, even as social media and mobile governance are being leveraged to connect people to government schemes. While presenting the PM’s awards on the occasion of the eleventh Civil Services Day, PM further urged senior officers to ensure that their experiences should not become a burden that stifles innovation of younger officers. Here are 10 things PM Modi said on the occasion:

Mann ki Baat: PM praises IAS officer for cleaning a toilet pit himself

A cover of a book, Mann ki Baat

PRIME MINISTER in ‘Mann ki Baat’ programme broadcast on Sunday praised drinking water and sanitation secretary and IAS officer Parameswaran Iyer for cleaning a toilet pit which PM said, was noticed by the entire country. “…when people see an IAS officer cleaning a toilet pit himself, the fact is naturally noticed by the country”, PM said without however naming the IAS officer. Iyre, who took voluntary retirement from IAS nine years ago only to rejoin…

Govt constitutes 10 new groups of secretaries to focus on agriculture, transport, energy etc.; 8 earlier groups disbanded

Union Secretaries While Listening to PM

THE government is constituting 10 new groups of union secretaries which will focus on sectors such as agriculture, energy, transport etc. and submit their reports by the end of November. These groups will replace eight earlier groups of secretaries constituted in January this year which in turn had worked on specific themes. In a meeting held on Thursday where Prime Minister Narendra Modi met all the secretaries, it was cabinet secretary PK Sinha who…

Are PM’s brainstorming sessions with secretaries, police officers, bankers giving inputs to policy-making?

Modi with Dy PM of Singapore

LAST Friday, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke on the occasion of ‘Transforming India’ lecture series organized by NITI Aayog in New Delhi, he said that the ideas emanating from his structured brainstorming sessions with Union secretaries, police officers and bankers so far have been incorporated with into policy-making. Not just that, the PM also requested…

Upper middle class faces more problems with Income-Tax than the police, says PM Modi

PRIME minister Narendra Modi said on Monday from the ramparts of the Red Fort that he wanted to change the situation where people, particularly those belonging to upper middle class, are scared of Income-Tax authorities. PM further said, upper middle class families face more problems with Income-Tax than the police. “This situation needs to change. And I am already working on it. I will ensure situation changes”, he said. Modi later tweeted:

Know Your Babu: Gaurav Dwivedi, CEO of MyGov and the man behind PM's first Townhall

PM Modi's first Townhall

ON SATURDAY, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had his first Obama-style Townhall when he answered questions ranging from tourism, smart cities and foreign policy to self-styled cow protectionism. The event, organized by MyGov— a platform created to build partnership between citizens and the government —was televised live, and was highly appreciated across the board. But who was the man behind such a big show? IAS Association appreciates 1995 batch Chhattisgarh cadre IAS Gaurav Dwivedi saying…

Why did PM Modi ask IFS officers to stop counting sea waves, and ride the waves instead?

SOME days ago, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was sitting with some Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officers. While talking, he became poetic and said how there was a time when “we used to sit by the sea and count the waves”. Then he said, “time has now changed”. “…we are done counting waves, now it's time for us to steer ourselves, ride the waves and decide on our direction, destination and speed”. PM disclosed it during…