New Delhi (14.09.2022): Vice President, Jagdeep Dhankhar exhorted the IAS officers to work with dedication for the improvement in the delivery of services and grievance redressal to citizens while maintaining the principle of anonymity.  About 175 IAS officers of the 2020 batch who are posted as Assistant Secretaries in various ministries, along with S Radha Chauhan, Secretary, Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT) and other senior officials from DoPT had called on Dhankhar at Upa-Rashtrapati Nivas.

He suggested that a civil servant’s empathetic attitude towards the common citizen determines their satisfaction with government services and thus he called upon the officers to become “role models in this ‘Attitude-changing Mission’ of the government.”

“You owe your highest allegiance to the Constitution and must always strive to preserve and uphold the rights guaranteed under it. Attracting attention to oneself or taking political positions must be avoided at all costs”, said the Vice President while addressing the officers. 

The Vice President also expressed pleasure that the batch comprised a significant number of women IAS officers. He said, “It is an encouraging development that women are now leading in all fields, including administration and governance”.