31-10-2020

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday that the role of civil servants should be of minimum government and maximum governance as he urged them to take decisions towards India�s unity and to maintain the spirit of the Constitution as they work as the steel frame of the country. The government, the Prime Minister reminded the probationers, does not run from the top so the incorporation of policies, which are for the people, becomes very important.

People are not just the receiver of government policies and programs but �Janata Janardana� is the real driving force, he said. �That is why we need to move from government to governance,� he said. �In the mode in which the country is working today, the role of all you bureaucrats is of Minimum Government, Maximum Governance. You have to make sure that your interference in the lives of citizens is minimum, how it should empowerment the common man,� he said while addressing them virtually from Gujarat�s Kevadia.

The Prime Minister also talked about the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, India�s first home minister, who used the phrase steel frame for the civil services in the country. �Sardar Saheb�s advice to the officers was that serving the citizens of the country is your highest duty. I also urge that whatever decision a civil servant takes, should be in the national context, should strengthen the unity and integrity of the country,� PM Modi said. �Even if your area and section you handle are small, you should always have people�s interest in mind and that there should be a national perspective,� he added.

He said that the work of the steel frame is not just to provide the base and only to manage ongoing arrangements.

�The work of steel frame also has to make the country feel that even if there is a big crisis or a big change, you will cooperate in advancing the country by becoming a force, facilitate,� he said.