Civil services syllabi must be modified constantly: Minister

Mussoorie, September 11

Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Saturday said the civil services curriculum needed to be modified constantly to suit India’s changing scenario. “This is also important to re-orient present and future administrators for the visionary road map that PM Narendra Modi has laid down before us for the next 25 years till independent India turns 100,” he said.

Calls For joint programmes

Union Minister Jitendra Singh has called for joint programmes by institutes devoted to capacity-building for good governance instead of working in silos

Addressing the valedictory session of joint civil-military programme (JCM) at Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA) here, the minister called for joint programmes by institutes devoted to capacity-building for good governance instead of working in silos. He suggested widening the range of the visiting faculty at the academy and making guest faculty more inclusive of scientific experts, industrial entrepreneurs, successful start-ups and women achievers.

The Minister of State for Personnel said the “curriculum for IAS/civil services at Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration must suit India’s changing scenario and, therefore, needs to be accordingly modified constantly and from time to time”.

A major step taken by the Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT) in the direction of reforms, he said, was instituting “Mission Karmayogi”. He complemented the officers who attended the programme, which is intended to provide structural interface between civil service officers and armed forces officers for a better and shared understanding, coordination and collaboration during joint duties.

The minister said the programme initiated in 2001 after the Kargil war had gone a long way in familiarising the participants with the challenges of external and internal security.

As India enters 75 years of its independence, said Singh, and plans for the next 25 years, such programmes enable us to prepare the civil and the military authorities to jointly work in different conflict situations internally as well externally, the statement said.Earlier Director, LBSNAA, K Srinivas gave an outline about the civil-military programme and its objectives, it said. — PTI