Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with 172 newly-inducted IAS officers in New Delhi today. An official release said, Mr Modi will address valedictory session of the Assistant Secretaries (IAS-2014 batch). <br/><br/>This is the second batch of IAS Officers to have commenced their career with a stint in the Central Government.<br/><br/>The officers started working as Assistant Secretaries in 58 Central government departments from August this year, instead of starting their career from the cadre states assigned to them, after their training. <br/><br/>They were assigned important desks related to policy and flagship programmes of the concerned ministries and departments during their three-month posting.

The Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will address Valedictory Session of the Assistant Secretaries (IAS-2014 batch) in New Delhi tomorrow. This is the second batch of IAS Officers to have commenced their career with a stint in the Central Government.<br/><br/>A press release issued today said, the objective of this initiative is to provide exposure of Government of India functioning to the IAS officers at a very early stage in their career. All the 172 Officers were designated and posted as Assistant Secretaries by the Government of India in 42 Ministries (58 Departments) of the Central Government for three months from August 01, 2016 after their Phase-2 training at the Lal Bahadur Shashtri National Academy of Administration in Mussoorie.<br/><br/>The Officers were assigned important desks related to Policy and Flagship Programmes of the concerned Ministries and Departments. During their three-month posting with the Central Government, they were provided a holistic overview of the functioning of the Central Government.