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.