HYDERABAD, Dec 19: President Droupadi Murmu on Friday said Public Service Commissions need to anticipate emerging challenges in technology and also focus on strengthening transparency and developing globally comparable teams of civil servants.
Speaking after inaugurating the National Conference for Chairpersons of Public Service Commissions here, she also said the Public Service Commissions should give the highest priority to the aspect of honesty and integrity of candidates they recruit.
“The Public Service Commissions need to anticipate the emerging challenges on the frontier of technology, strengthening transparency and credibility as well as developing globally comparable teams of civil servants,” she said.
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Murmu noted that integrity, sensitivity and competence of the civil servants constituting the permanent executive are of utmost importance for implementing the people-oriented policies at national and state levels.
She stressed that honesty and integrity were paramount and non-negotiable.
While lack of skills and competencies can be dealt with through learning interventions and several other strategies, lack of integrity may pose grave challenges, which may be impossible to overcome, she added.
The president urged the Public Service Commissions to look for instruments and tools which help understand ethical orientation of candidates.
Gender sensitisation should be given high priority by Public Service Commissions, she said.
“I have been told that the conference will deliberate on issues related to technology, legal aspects and making the entire process of recruitment more effective. I hope the deliberations in the conference will result in very useful future oriented solution to important issues before the Commissions,” she said.
The President also said India, as the world’s fastest growing major economy and also a nation marked by enormous diversity, needs most effective governance systems at all levels.She expressed confidence that the PSCs will continue to fulfil their responsibilities and contribute to building a future-ready team of civil servants selected by them.
The President said the Constitution makers dedicated an entire part of the Constitution to Services and Public Service Commissions. This highlights the significance they attached to the roles and functions of the Public Service Commissions for the Union and for the States.
The Preamble of the Constitution, the Fundamental Right of equality of opportunity in matters of public employment and the Directive Principle guiding the State to secure a social order for the promotion of welfare of the people indicate the pathways for the Public Service Commissions, she said.
The Public Service Commissions should not only be guided by the ideal of equality of opportunity but should also try to achieve the goal of equality of outcomes. The Commissions are change-agents which promote equality and equity, she said.
Telangana Governor Jishnu Dev Varma, UPSC Chairperson Ajay Kumar and other dignitaries attended the event. (PTI)
