A government is as strong as its public service
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india
is said to be a land of traditions while
many have existed for years uncounted
there is a tradition
strong in its very nature and thus
keeping our country stable
our public administration the is the ips
and the state civil services governments
come and go
politics is an ongoing ever changing
process ideologies
make and break many things but what has
kept a certain civility
and a sense of direction that is
constant are our officers
with a strong sense of political
neutrality yet
complete obedience to protocol most of
our officers
have held on to a sense of moral
well-being of our constitution
and our daily administration be it the
far-flung areas of the country
or the more glamour towns where
popularity is quicker officers have
played enablers
to slow and steady process called
progress
these are the unsung heroes that we
can’t see until we have a reason to
complain about one of them
even then we don’t see them as the
reason behind why
most things function smoothly issues
ranging from electricity and water
supply to your house
to your child’s education to traffic
regulations
going unnoticed is a very normal day for
us but a great working day
for most of our officers for most of
them they prefer to ensure smooth
running
of things as they could without being
noticed
and then truly no news is good news for
them
and then there are those who we cherish
as heroes always only when we know them
most go unnoticed even as they step into
waste high waters
to relieve an area of flooding or stand
firm in their district to ensure no
lives are lost
during a storm or an earthquake when
they could have easily evacuated
to safer grounds i can mention a few
stories here
an additional municipal commissioner
poured his heart and soul
into the covet battle when his
jurisdiction of war g south
was at its peak topping national numbers
his family awaited his little one his
parents weren’t doing the very best of
their health
and this man stood firm helping hundreds
of people
fight the covet battle every single day
for day in and day out
for the last eight or nine months a
district collector
led her district like a true captain and
did not leave her district herself
when asked to buy seniors while
evacuating others in situations
or rather a situation so unique that was
never seen before
the cyclone of nizark and the covet
battle of august 2020
and then there are those who want to
make the difference redefine benchmarks
assist governments
to make things better than they already
are
a principal secretary for example
revamped a policy that will not just
give a massive relief to the hotel
industry
but a policy actually redefines the
entire hospitality sector
in maharashtra in an effort that brought
this change
70 licenses were brought down to only
70 application forms were brought down
to just eight and nocs
were reduced by almost 80 percent that
is the sort of work
we are rewarding in public life and
public service
when we look at a better country going
forward we now rank
in the top few administrations in the
world when we look at ease of doing
business for the hospitality sector
and then there’s a story of a former
municipal commissioner on whose
insistence and persistence
and passion we brought down the daily
waste collection of mumbai city
from 10 000 metric tons a day 10 000
metric tons a day is almost equal
to 100 armored vehicles from 10 000
metric tons a day
to 6000 metric tons a day only by
pushing
little habits of waste segregation in
bulk generators
likewise there are many more officers of
the ips and their colleagues who stand
firm to protect
the interests of the state in the face
of every crisis beat a terrorist attack
a fire or a protest or even a natural
calamity like an earthquake or a storm
what we as normal people might give up
on or run away from terming it as a
disaster or a crisis
they run two words for us that
is the fabric of our public
administration i’ve mentioned only a few
stories here
there are tons like these who ensure the
smooth functioning of the state
redefining benchmarks and more so the
vision of various governments political
parties
to be implemented in a polished way that
suits our constitution
the ever-changing nature of indian
politics always needs a sense of
stability and continuity
that comes from the public
administration
let us recognize these everyday heroes
in our lives
applaud them for the selfless acts of
nation building
thank you