The NaMo administration is seeking feedback from every possible quarter to deal with Coronavirus spread and in one such attempt it asked over 600 IAS officers to provide their suggestion on preparedness to deal with this pandemic through a questionnaire.

IAS officers of five batches (2014-2018) have been asked to give a response to the questionnaire. Those who have been asked this information are such officers who had served as assistant secretaries at central government departments.

It is learned that they have been asked to reply to 23 questions in the questionnaire for their response. A comprehensive report based on the participants’ responses will be shared with the PMO. Around 400 of them have already shared their responses. The exercise to seek the response from these officers began on March 25. The country is under 21-days lockdown announced by the PM as part of its measures to check the spread of deadly coronavirus.