Vote of Thanks

Secretary, ARPG & Pensions

21st April, 2007 at 1230 Hrs

Hon’ble Prime Minister

Hon’ble Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions

Cabinet Secretary

Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister

Secretaries and Chief Secretaries

Winners of Prime Minister’s Award

Distinguished guests

Media representatives

Participants

Ladies and gentlemen

It is a great honor and privilege to be called upon to propose a

Vote of Thanks to our Hon’ble Prime Minister who has always accorded

top priority to reform initiatives. His presence today is a great source

of motivation to us. We are extremely grateful to him to have acceded

to our request for inaugurating the event and giving away the Prime

Minister’s Award for Excellence in Public Administration. I, on behalf of

the representatives of all the services and on my behalf, extend our

grateful thanks to him for his encouragement. I assure you Sir, that all

the civil servants will join hands to meet the emerging challenges and
will contribute towards making our organizations more dynamic,

responsive and sensitive to the needs of the citizen.

We are grateful to the Minister of State for Personnel, Public

Grievances & Pensions for his presence and words of encouragement. His

able guidance in matters pertaining to civil service reforms has always

encouraged us. I thank him for his kindness, his interest, his hospitality

and continued support.

My heartfelt thanks to the Cabinet Secretary for his stewardship,

support, vision and commitment for the Chief Secretaries’ Conference

and Civil Service Day. Sir, your valuable contribution, guidance and

encouragement has given a new impetus to our work.

I wish to thank the Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister for

his unstinted support for this function.

I would like to thank all our honored guests for their presence and

participation today.

I would like to thank all the Contributors for their rich collection

of papers. I will fail in my duty if I do not put on record my deep

appreciation for the writers of Best Practices and discussants for their

valuable contributions. It is this treasure which will keep the memories

of this Conference alive.

I thank all the Secretaries to the Government of India, the Chief

Secretaries, all the heads of the services and all the other officers for

their kind presence on this occasion.

 We owe special gratitude to the officials of the NIC, CPWD,

ITDC, the audio – visual staff, Vigyan Bhawan staff, volunteers and

officials who have worked hard to ensure that this occasion becomes a

memorable success.

Last but not the least, I would like to thank the Members of the

media, for evincing interest in covering the event.

I thank you all for your attention, thanks for coming.