ITANAGAR, Apr 22:The 12^th Civil Services Day was celebrated by the Government of Arunachal Pradesh along with the rest of the country on Saturday at Banquet Hall, Itanagar.

Minister (RD&PR/Cooperation), Alo Libang graced the occasion as the Chief Guest along with Chief Secretary Satya Gopal. Secretary (AR) Azimul Haque, welcomed the dignitaries and other Commissioners, Secretaries, HoDs & senior officers attending the celebration.

In his keynote address, the CS said that the day was a day of  ‘re-dedication’ and called upon the civil servants to reaffirm their commitment to make a better Arunachal. He exhorted the civil servants to infuse professionalism, discipline, punctuality and dedication in their day-to-day work.

Gopal, further said that determined and sustained efforts are being made to improve the work ethics, work attitude and service delivery system, to bring in transparency, increasing efficiency, eliminating ad-hoc-ism and red-tapism in the whole system. He also gave a stern warning to all government officials against corruption of any form.

The Chief Secretary advised the Civil Servants to uphold high moral values and shun indiscipline, turpitude and arrogance. He said that Senior Officers have to lead by example as they cannot expect their subordinates to do anything, which they themselves were not doing. He asked the civil servants to be impartial and work only in public interest, without any communal, tribal or personal affiliations.

‘A officers & officials have to work as ‘Team Arunachal’ for an inclusive, transformative and sustainable development of Arunachal Pradesh under the able leadership of Chief Minister Pema Khandu,’ the CS said.

Minister Alo Libang while appreciating the role of the civil servants for development of the state, reiterated that government and civil servants have to travel together and cannot be separated as the latter forms the core of the state’s executive. During the occasion, the Minister released the Compendium of Notification/orders/office memorandum etc issued by the Department of Administrative Reforms during the year 2017.

During the course of the celebrations, presentations on various topics were also delivered by the officers.

As a part of the observation, the Chief Secretary announced the awardees of 2018 Chief Ministers’ Award for Excellence in Public Administration. The Department of Health and Family Welfare was selected for the award for the team/department category for achieving 100% immunization under Measles Rubella Vaccination Campaign (MRVC) in the State wherein nearly 4,50,000 children have been immunized.

In individual category, Kaling Tayeng, IAS, Commissioner to the Government of Arunachal Pradesh and Ikar Dirchi, Deputy Secretary to the Government of Arunachal Pradesh were awarded for excellence in public service.

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