Work to free bureaucracy from negative image: PM tells trainee civil servants

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday stressed on the need to free bureaucracy and its system from the negative image that has become a 'connotation' of sorts for it.

Exhorting the trainees to change the way they look at things, he said sometimes change in terminology also helps in changing the perspective.

"The tendency to keep the distance from the people and remaining in the comfort zone in air-conditioned chambers should be given up," PM Modi said.

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"Let's change how we look at things. Even something like a changed terminology helps. Earlier, people would keep saying backward districts. Today we say - aspirational districts. Why should any posting be a punishment posting? Why not see it as an opportunity posting," he said.

While appreciating the commitment shown by the officer trainees and their new ideas, the Prime Minister expressed hope that the exposure provided by this unique training course on global best practices and technologies will prove to be beneficial in their careers ahead in policy-making and public administration.

He said that they should strive to remove silos and hierarchies in the system. "The presence of silos and hierarchy doesn't help our system. Whoever we are, wherever we are, we have to work together for the nation," the Prime Minister said.

(With inputs from agencies)