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MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES & PENSIONS
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After the inaugural, the technical session commenced with a talk by the Comptroller
and Auditor General of India, on ‘Decision Making in Government: Role of Audit’.
This was followed by three parallel panel discussions on – ‘Recruitment and Training
in Civil Services’; ‘Performance Appraisal of Civil Servants’ and ‘Readiness of Civil
Service to meet current challenges’.
3.5 This Day is being observed by all the Civil Services to rededicate and recommit
themselves to the cause of the people. It provides a unique opportunity for
introspection, as also, to chalk out future strategies to deal with the challenges
being posed by the changing times. The Civil Services Day is being celebrated
since 2006 and is organized by the Department of Administrative Reforms and
Public Grievances, Government of India.
CHIEF SECRETARIES CONFERENCE
4. The Chief Secretaries’ Conference was held on 22 April, 2008 in New Delhi, which
was inaugurated by the Cabinet Secretary, Shri K.M.Chandrasekhar.
4.1 The conference serves the twin purpose of assessing the performance of different
states over a period of time, as also, appraisal of the progress made in respect of
various flagship programmes of different nodal ministries of the Government of
India. Over a period of time, this has proved to be a useful platform to deliberate
upon and sorting out bottlenecks on critical issues like price rise, law and order,
education, health, employment and rural development.
4.2 The conference focused on: progress of state mission mode projects; power sector;
disaster management and preparedness; rural development projects; price rise in
essential commodities; issues relating to drinking water supply and higher education.
4.3 The day-long conference was attended by Vice Chairman, National Disaster
Management Authority and Secretaries of the ministries/departments of Higher
Education, Information Technology, Power, Food and Public Distribution, Consumer
Affairs and Drinking Water Supply along with the Chief Secretaries/Administrators
of the states.
PM’S AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
5. The Prime Minister’s Awards for Excellence in Public Administration were instituted
to acknowledge the extraordinary and innovative work of civil servants. Under the
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