P. K. Mishra, the Principal Secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has come out with his prescription on how to make Indian bureaucrats future-ready so that the much-touted goal of making India a developed nation by 2047 could be achieved.
Mishra put forward three guiding principles—reorienting the purpose of civil services to developmental state, reimagining selection to identify deeply capable individuals, and building a lifelong learning state.
The country’s top bureaucrat shared his vision while addressing the centenary conference of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). Mishra emphasised the need for a shift in approach from process compliance to outcome delivery. Mishra delves deep into the malaise, stressing the urgency of changing the concept of incremental improvement into accelerated transformation. According to him, the idea of a state that delivers to citizens should be transformed into a vision to develop a system where the state partners with citizens.
He described today’s civil servants as managers of uncertainty, interpreters of complexity, and guardians of India’s strategic interests.
The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) also issued a statement, saying Mishra’s views underline the need of today’s governance that demands collaboration more than hierarchy. It goes on to establish how the emergence of technology, urbanisation, climate challenges, and frequent disasters have reshaped the responsibilities of civil servants.
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