Union Ministers discuss with new IAS officers on state issues

Union Ministers, including Ram Vilas Paswan, today interacted with young IAS officers from Bihar cadre and discussed about state specific issues.
Besides Paswan, Radha Mohan Singh, Ravi Shankar Prasad, J P Nadda and Upendra Kushwaha were present in the interactive session here.
In a first, Cabinet ministers are interacting with freshly recruited IAS officers from cadre-wise, who are at present posted at the Centre as assistant secretaries for a period of three months as part of their training.
Addressing the IAS officers of the 2014 batch here, Union Food Minister Paswan said, "Welfare of the poor should always be kept in mind while taking decisions."

"Young officer should be responsive to the needs of people. Decision making at the grassroot level should be fast as people want quick response from the administration on day- to-day problems," the minister said in a statement.
Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh said the government has rolled out a number of schemes for the welfare of the people, especially for rural areas. "Young officers can play crucial role to speed up implementation of these scheme and programmes."

Law and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad asked the officers to use digital means in the area of basic services like income certificate, cast certificate and land records.

Health Minister J P Nadda said that inclusion of stake holders in the implementation all policies and programmes should be kept in mind.
Minister of States for Human Resource Development Upendra Kushwaha said that the young officers must focus more in the areas which are still far behind in development.
The meeting was part of a series of meetings planned by the government to brief young officers by the political leadership of the region about state specific development, aspirations of the people and ground realities.