New Delhi, July 11 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday urged young IAS officer-trainees to be proactive and endeavour to provide the best possible governance to the people.
"New India is not satisfied with the lackadaisical approach and demands proactiveness and they should endeavour to provide the best possible governance, quality of manufacturing and quality of life to all citizens," PM Modi said during an interaction with IAS officer-trainees of the 2022 batch.
The young officers shared their experience of training undergone by them.
Speaking about the Assistant Secretary programme, PM Modi said the intent was to provide the opportunity for experiential learning to the young officers from the top to the bottom of the administrative pyramid.
Talking about schemes like Lakhpati Didi, Drone Didi, PM Awas Yojana, he said all of them should work with a saturation approach to take the schemes further to the people.
He said, "The saturation approach ensures social justice and prevents discrimination and now it is their choice whether they will be speed breakers or superfast highway in service delivery.
Modi said they should aspire to be catalytic agents and feel satisfaction when they see change happening in front of their eyes.
The Prime Minister said Nation First is not just a slogan but his life’s aim and exhorted the officers to walk with him on this journey.
He also said that the accolades they had received after their selection as IAS are things of the past, and instead of staying in the past, they should move ahead towards the future.
Jitendra Singh, Minister of State (Personnel), P. K. Mishra, Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister, Rajiv Gauba, Cabinet Secretary and A.K. Bhalla, Secretary (Home and DoPT) and other senior officers were also present during the interaction. UNI JA SSP