Question: When is the National Civil Services Day observed?
(a) 21 April
(b) 20 April
(c) 15 April
(d) 10 April
Answer: (a)
Related facts:
- National Civil Services Day is observed every year on 21st April.
- The day appreciates the tremendous work done by officers engaged in public administration, in various departments of the central and state governments.
- April 21 marks the day when the India’s first home minister, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel addressed the newly appointed Administrative Services Officers in 1947.
- The historic occasion took place at the Metcalf House in Delhi. In his address, he called Civil Servants, the ‘Steel Frame of India’.
By-Amar Mani Upadhyay