India, April 21 -- The Government of India issued the following news release:
My cabinet colleague Dr. Jitendra Singh ji, Shri Shaktikanta Das ji, Dr. Somanathan ji, other senior officials, all colleagues from Civil Services across the country, ladies and gentlemen!
Friends,
Many congratulations to all of you on Civil Services Day! This year's Civil Services Day is special for several reasons. This year, we are celebrating the 75th year of our Constitution, and it is also the 150th birth anniversary year of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. On 21st April 1947, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel referred to you all as the "Steel Frame of India." He set new standards for the bureaucracy of independent Bharat. A civil servant who considers serving the nation...