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Main Event: Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi on 21st April.
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Organised by: Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG), the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions.
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Background: On this day in 1947, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel addressed the first batch of probationers of the All India Administrative Service where he described civil servants as the “steel frame of India”.
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Started in 2006.
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Theme: “Viksit Bharat: Citizen-Centric Governance and Development at the Last Mile”.
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Prime Minister’s Awards for Excellence in Public Administration: 3 categories
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Holistic Development of Districts,
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Aspirational Block Programme, and
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Innovation category.