Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik encouraged civil service probationers to strive to achieve excellence in jobs and serve the nation with pride.
A total of 181 IAS probationers and two probationers from Royal Bhutan Civil Service led by Radhika Rastogi, Joint Director, LBSNAA are on a four-day study tour to Odisha on a study trip as part of their Bharat Darshan programme conducted by Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie.
Welcoming the officers, Naveen said, “You are all entering a crucial phase of your life. The country has great expectations from young officers.”
Focussing on 5T Transformative model of governance, the CM said that Odisha is fast emerging as a leading state in many fields. We have adopted a transformative governance model built on the principles of transparency, team work, technology and time.
“We have transformative initiatives across varied sectors like rural development, housing, skill development, sports, industrial development, mining, tourism, heritage conservation, road development, and many others,” he said.
Speaking about cyclones, he said Odisha was once known for poverty and disasters like cyclones but we are recognised as a role model for disaster management across the world. We are a food surplus state and doubled the farmers’ income in the last decade. There is rapid reduction in poverty in the state, he added.
Under Mission Shakti, 60 lakh women have been empowered and they have become part of a movement to bring about socio-economic change in our rural areas. Through Kalia scheme, we have been able to directly transfer money into the accounts of farmers, including small and marginal, he added.
With Biju Swathya Kalyan Yojana, he said, we have walked an extra mile and given health assurance to our citizens. While the health infrastructure has undergone a major up-gradation, the transformation of high schools under 5T programme will bring a generational change in our students.
Coming to drinking water provision, he said that Puri has become the first city in the country with Drink from Tap facility and now this mission is being taken to other towns in the State.
He hoped during their brief stay in Odisha, they would be able to learn from some of these projects. He hoped all of them take back home fond memories of this beautiful state.
The Chief Minister felicitated Radhika Rastogi, Joint Director, LBSNAA and presented her a memento representing state’s maritime glory. She also presented a memento to the Chief Minister. A short video on State’s Transformative Governance was screened.
Chief Secretary Suresh Chandra Mohapatra said Odisha is one of the fastest growing states and also best managed as far as finances are concerned. Citing the success in COVID management, he counted the efforts like free treatment to all patients, oxygen supply and community engagement that made Odisha one of the best states with least mortality due to the virus.
Rastogi said experiential learning will have high impact on the learnings of the probationers. They would learn from Odisha’s success in various verticals over next three days.
DG, Gopabandhu Academy, Ranjana Chopra gave the welcome address and Principal Secretary Finance Vishal Dev offered the vote of thanks.
Later, the probationers went to Konark and Puri to see cultural heritage and architectural marvels of Odisha.
The officer trainees during their study tour will visit six districts, Dhenkanal, Angul, Ganjam, Jagatsinghpur, Keonjhar and Balasore and will have a first-hand experience of various welfare programmes, and development and livelihood schemes launched by the State.
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