Governance focus has shifted outside Delhi, adopt holistic approach: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked IAS officers to adopt out of the box thinking and a holistic approach in their work while noting that the focus of governance has shifted outside Delhi to all regions of the countryAddressing officers of the 2020 batch in the concluding session of the Assistant Secretary Programme 2022 PM Modi said on Thursday that they have the opportunity to serve the country during the Amrit Kaal and help realise the Panch PranThey have a key role in ensuring that the target of a developed India is achieved in the Amrit Kaal he saidThe prime minister has termed the period in the run up to the 100th anniversary of Indias Independence in 2047 as Amrit Kaal and had spelt out Panch Pran five pledges for the duration including making India a developed countryIn his address Modi discussed the importance of innovation and how it has become a collective effort and part of work culture in the country according to a statementHe noted that the number of startups in the country has witnessed a significant jump in the last few years and that it has been made possible due to several ministries working as a team through a whole of government approachAlso Read Development in Himachal Pradesh possible as people voted BJP to power both in state Centre PM ModiAsserting that the focus of the governance has shifted outside Delhi he gave examples of several important schemes being launched from places outside the national capitalHe suggested that officers develop an understanding of the local culture of the area of work and strengthen their connection with local people at the ground levelThe prime minister asked them to focus on One District One Product and explore the opportunities of exporting products of their districtHe also asked the officers to prepare their action plan for the aspirational districts programmeSpeaking about MGNREGA Modi highlighted the requirement of implementing the scheme in a more effective manner He also underlined about the significance of peoples participation and said that this approach can play a key role in tackling malnutritionHighlighting the success of the Jan Dhan Yojana he talked about the importance of digital economy and exhorted the officers to try to connect people across villages with digital economy and UPIUnderscoring the importance of service to the nation he stressed on the significance of performing ones duties adding that the mindset of Rajpath has now changed to the sentiments of Kartavya Path a reference to the change in the name of a key avenue in the Central VistaThe statement said eight presentations were made by these assistant secretaries to the prime minister including on the tool for improved monitoring of nutrition campaign enabling multilingual voice based digital access through Bhashini and corporate data management among othersThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever