Radhakrishnan Moots Ethical, Citizen-Centric Civil Services for Viksit Bharat@2047
He further highlighted that the independence of PSCs has been central to safeguarding merit, fairness and transparency in public recruitment
Hyderabad: Vice-President C.P. Radhakrishnan on Saturday said the vision of Viksit Bharat@2047 required civil servants who are not only knowledgeable, but also innovative, adaptive, ethical and citizen-centric. Effective governance depends on administrators with strong ethical judgment, emotional intelligence, leadership ability and teamwork, in addition to academic competence, he pointed out.
Speaking at the valedictory session of the Conference of Chairpersons of Public Service Commissions (PSCs), Radhakrishnan suggested that PSCs may explore fair and structured assessments of behavioural and ethical competencies alongside knowledge-based examinations. He underscored the pivotal role of PSCs in shaping the quality, integrity and effectiveness of India’s governance systems.
The Vice-President noted that as India progresses towards the vision of Viksit Bharat@2047, the quality of governance and more importantly the quality of people who run institutions will be decisive. He described PSCs as constitutional institutions entrusted with the critical responsibility of selecting competent, impartial and ethical individuals to serve the nation.
He further highlighted that the independence of PSCs has been central to safeguarding merit, fairness and transparency in public recruitment. Over the decades, commissions at the Union and State levels have strengthened public confidence by ensuring administrative continuity, institutional stability and impartial selection of civil servants.
Radhakrishnan stressed that effective implementation of national priorities such as digital governance, social inclusion, infrastructure development, climate action and economic transformation depends on the quality of administrators selected today. He said impartiality is the moral foundation of public recruitment, and that transparency, anonymised evaluation and objective marking systems are essential to eliminate bias. Even isolated irregularities, he warned, can undermine institutional credibility, calling for zero tolerance towards malpractice in public examinations.
