What happens when PM meets IAS officers

August 30, 2017 14:53

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has adopted a new style of governance. He has been interacting with additional secretaries and joint secretaries in groups and has so far met around 65-70 of them.

IAS officers from four states are clubbed together, and are asked to give their suggestions to improve the image of the government and the administration, as well as discuss future mega projects and their vision for the next five or 10 years.

Some additional secretaries were eager to tell the prime minister about certain lacunae in the Swach Bharat mission. The PM heard them out and said improvements were a must in all social welfare schemes. The Navi Mumbai airport, linking Bengaluru airport to Namma Metro, Chennai airport's expansion are some of the other topics that have come up before the PM.

Interestingly, Cabinet Secretary P K Sinha is not part of these discussions, as the PM doesn't want the additional secretaries to feel constrained in any manner. However, Sinha has told the additional secretaries that issues that have been brought to his notice, need not be repeated before the prime minister.

Therefore a set of informal guidelines has been drawn up before these officials meet the prime minister.

For the officials, apart from the interaction, group and individual photo ops with the prime minister is an added attraction. The prime minister remembers each official's name and asks everyone to introduce themselves. Some officials do get nervous, but then it's all part of the game.

Next in line to meet the PM on September 1 are IAS officers from Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh.

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