Every year on April 21, National Civil Services Day is honoured. On this day, the Prime Minister of India awards officers from the central and state governments for their outstanding contributions to public administration.
The civil service system is the backbone of the country’s administrative functions. It is the Republic of India’s permanent executive branch. Various policies and programmes are created by the government’s administrative departments.
Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel, the Home Member of Parliament, introduced the All India Services on April 21, 1947. The former Indian Civil Services under British India were later transformed into All India Services under the total Indian administration.
At the All India Administrative Service Training School in Metcalfe House, Delhi, he delivered a remarkable speech and referred to government servants as the ‘steel frame of India’ in his address.