Tag: NATIONAL CIVIL SERVICES DAY

18th National Civil Services Day celebrated on 21st April 2025. Commemorates Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s address in 1947 at Metcalf House, Delhi. Referred to civil servants as the "steel frame of India". First celebration: 21st April 2006 at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. Organised annually by DARPG and Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances, and Pensions. Objectives: Motivate civil servants to rededicate to public service. Evaluate departmental performance. PM felicitates best-performing officers/teams. Historical Evolution of Civil Services in India Ancient India – Mauryan Empire Described in Kautilya’s Arthashastra: Key roles: Swamin (king), Amatya (officials), Janapada, Durga, Kosa, Danda, Mitra. Bureaucracy divided into Mantris (advisors) and Amatyas (administrators). Merit-based recruitment for efficiency in vast empire. Medieval India – Mughal Empire Mansabdari system by Akbar (1571). Integrated civil & military administration. Officials ranked by competence and responsibility. British Period Term "Civil Service" originated under East India Company. Warren Hastings laid foundation; Charles Cornwallis known as "Father of Indian Civil Services". Macaulay’s Report (1835) introduced merit-based recruitment. Civil Service Commission setup in London (1854); exams from 1855. First Indian to qualify: Satyendranath Tagore (1864). Civil Services Exams started in India in 1922 (Allahabad, later Delhi). Formation of Federal Public Service Commission. Post-Independence UPSC formed under Article 378(1) of Constitution (1950). Role in: Implementing Five-Year Plans, economic policy, and Nehruvian socialism. Ensuring national integration and development. Shift from commanding heights to liberalization era. Adaptation needed due to public expectations, decentralization, and tech advances. Role of Civil Services in Nation-Building Backbone of national administrative machinery. Functions: Implement government policies and public service delivery. Ensure law and order, disaster management, and crisis response. Connect government with people; ensure welfare schemes reach beneficiaries. Uphold values of integrity, impartiality, and accountability. Crucial for social, economic, and political development.

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