National Civil Services Day 2022: Know Top Ten Facts About CSD

Civil Service Day

Here are Top Ten Facts that all civil service aspirants must know about the National Civil Services Day and the Indian Civil Service

National Civil Services Day is observed on April 21 every year by Govt. of India to recognise the contributions of civil servants to the Indian administration and nation building.

Sardar Patel, India’s first home minister, addressed the first batch of probationers of the Indian Civil Service at Metcalf House, New Delhi on this day in 1947

Civil Services Day

Patel laid the rules and guidelines for good governance and administration and referred the civil servants as the ‘steel frame of India’.

India's 1st NCSD

India’s first National Civil Service Day was observed on April 21, 2006 at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi and since then it’s an annual affair.

Civil Service Day is marked by the Prime Minister’s Awards for Excellence in Public Administration given to Civil Servants in recognition of the extraordinary service in nation-building

CSD Awards

The foundation of Civil Services in India was laid down by Warren Hastings, but was reformed, modernised, and rationalised by Charles Cornwallis who is regarded as 'the Father of Civil Service in India'.

Civil Services Origin

The present day civil service was formed in 1947 after the partition based on the vision of India’s first home minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

Civil Servants are paid from the Civil List and enjoy protection under Article 311 of the Indian constitution from politically motivated or vindictive action.

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions takes care of the civil service system in India and as on January 1, 2021, India has total of 5231 IAS Officers.