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May 19, 2013

‘Training is the Mantra’


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‘Training is the Mantra’
Occasion: 8th Civil Services Day
Chief Guest: Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister of India
Venue: Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi
Date: April 21, 2013
Mantra: Training of Civil Servants is vital to keep pace with the world
by Anil Tyagi
Manmohan Singh, the Prime Minister of India, is not a dramatic man. He enters calmly, sits down, looks around and does not talk at all during a function, except when he is delivering a speech. His speech on Sunday, April 21, was a clarion call to the Indian bureaucracy: "acclimatise yourself as per the new world order. The world is knocking on your door.”
Who better than Manmohan Singh – having headed the government for nine turbulent years – can understand that knowledge is power? It was on April 21, the Civil Services Day, organised every year to honour officers of India’s premier and administrative services for their work done in the respective fields, that the Prime Minister voiced his thoughts on what his expectations were from the lifeline of governance in the country. Read More

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