Prime Minister Narendra Modi's meeting with all Secretaries of the Government of India
Press Information Bureau
Government of India
Prime Minister's Office
04-June-2014 22:25 IST
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today held discussions with
Secretaries of all the Ministries and senior officers of the Departments
of the Government of India. Such a meeting has taken place after more
than eight years.
The Prime Minister listened extensively to suggestions and comments of
the Secretaries for nearly two and a half hours. Shri Modi empathized
with the sentiment expressed by the Secretaries, and their anguish in
not being able to realize their true potential because of circumstances.
However, he expressed full faith in their commitment and competence to
build a better future for the country.
He called upon the senior bureaucrats to simplify and streamline the
administrative rules and procedures to make them people-friendly. He
emphasized the need for a team spirit and urged the Secretaries to be
leaders of their teams. He also encouraged the officers to take
decisions and assured them that he would stand by them. He added that in
the process of governance, ideas should be converted into institutions
because institutions last longer than individuals. However, he clarified
that there may be rules and processes which have become outdated, and
instead of serving the process of governance, they are leading to
avoidable confusion. He stressed upon the need to identify and do away
with such archaic rules and procedures. He even added that the process
of governance of his government should begin with cleaning-up of the
offices, improving the workplace, which would automatically result in a
better work culture and efficient services to the citizens.
The Prime Minister emphasized the need for use of technology for greater
efficiency and effectiveness in administration. He further added that
in a democracy, redressal of citizens' grievances is very important, and
information technology can help greatly in this regard. He also added
that through use of technology, and better understanding among
departments, administrative and schematic convergence is possible. Only
through collective action, faster results can be achieved. Shri Modi
offered that he would always be ready to give an account of the work
being done by him. The senior bureaucrats echoed this sentiment and
welcomed a similar standard of accountability.
The Prime Minister said that he was accessible to all officers and encouraged them to approach him with their inputs and ideas.
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