The world famous Statue of Unity of Sardar Patel is all set to host another high-profile event of PM Modi with a series of programmes planned by the central government from Deepavali to 31st October, the freedom fighter’s birth anniversary.
The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has planned the programme which include bringing together all probationer IAS, IPS, IFS and IRS officers, top secretaries of the Government of India, World Bank President David Malpass and others.
The theme of this mega workshop would be “How to make India a $5-trillion economy by 2024”. The keynote address at the retreat will be delivered by Mr. Malpass, on his first ever visit to India as World Bank Chief and will have a word with the probationers about the global economic situation.
“Prime Minister Modi made a special gesture by calling him to essentially motivate the next generation of administrators. Other key international academics have also been invited to address the conclave, mainly to educate them on trends in the world,” as said by an official who knows all about the planning.
The first unified two-month foundation course of the 2018 batch civil servants at the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration in Mussoorie and the Dr. Marri Channa Reddy Human Resource Development Institute in Hyderabad will be concluded with a three-day workshop in the presence of PM Modi and top bureaucrats at the Statue of Unity.
PM Modi is going to address all probationers at the Statue of Unity on 31st October, the source said.As per the sources in Gandhinagar, there will be a bouquet of high-profile meetings, seminars and even a national parade.
Sources in the government further said the three-day workshop at the venue would become an annual feature for all probationers from this year.
Mr. Malpass’s visit follows the announcement that India has been ranked among the “Top 20 reformers for 2020” in the world, along with China, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar in the region.
Recently, Union Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhall visited the Statue of Unity to review the arrangements there.
