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15th Civil Servants Day in a country of 1.2 billion people where the role of civil servants is critical for development. This is what the prime minister Mr. Modi had to say to civil servants-"Taking the dreams of the common man to level of resolve is the responsibility of the system. The Sankalp or resolve should be taken to siddhi or completion and that should be the goal for all of us. We should be there to handhold at every stage in this journey of sapna or dream to sankalp to siddhi."

In addition it is imperative "that the schemes and governance models be developed in the global context and be updated regularly," says prime minister Modi. He also emphasized the importance of sharing the experiences of the award winners with others on weekly basis. Also important experimentation where one scheme is chosen for implementation in a few districts and the experience discussed in next year's Civil Service Day. In this way enlarging on successful experiments that has proved invaluable for electricity supplies and renewable energy. This kind of culture being important to make progress.

The Hindu provides this list for winners of the PM's Awards for Excellence in Public Administration in categories below

Innovation- Gujarat Education Department, Agriculture Department Ladakh, Department of Land Resources West Champaran Bihar, Bongaigon Assam

Seamless end to end service delivery without human intervention- Karnataka, New Delhi Municipal Council

PM Svanidhi Yojana- Varanasi UP, Anantnag Jammu and Kashmir

One district-One product -Darbhanga Bihar, Siddharthnagar UP

Poshan Abhiyaan -  Kumuram Bheem Asifabad Telngana, Datia Madhya Pradesh

Khelo India-  Churu Rajashthan, Bishnupur Manipur