: 10 Trailblazing IAS Officers Whose Amazing Initiatives Inspired India in 2020 #IndiaNEWS #Civil Servants Your predecessors were brought up in traditions which kept them aloof from the common run of

10 Trailblazing IAS Officers Whose Amazing Initiatives Inspired India in 2020 #IndiaNEWS #Civil Servants
Your predecessors were brought up in traditions which kept them aloof from the common run of the people. It will be your bounden duty to treat the common man as your own. ???
The words of India’s first home minister and the father of modern-day Indian Administrative Service (IAS) institution, Sardar Vallabhai Patel, in his address on 21 April 1947 laid down the principles of good governance.
This in no way implies that our bureaucracy is free of corruption, partiality, inefficiency and apathy. These flaws, more often than not shake people’s faith in the babus who are supposed to be the best and brightest minds of India.
We, at The Better India, highlight the hopeful side of the same coin, which exists in equal measure but shines a lot less.
Under our category of Civil Servants, you will discover moving, inspiring and courageous stories of IAS officers who have gone beyond the call of duty to provide governance and support to people.
Our criteria for selecting them is simple their work created a vast positive impact, for which they went above and beyond the simple fulfilling of obligations or implementation of schemes. These officers proved to be innovative and flexible changemakers in the time frame and the posting they held when we considered them.
Their efforts have stirred large scale impact in various fields — from education, healthcare to sanitation, they’ve done it all.
1) Durga Shakti Nagpal: Took On Noida’s Illegal Sand Mafia

In 2013, Durga Shakti Nagpal, the then Sub-Divisional Magistrate in Gautam Buddh Nagar in Greater Noida, was addressing illegal minings. The next thing she knew, she was watching her face splashed across all the television channels.
After finding out about how illegal sand mining led to rampant soil erosion and landslides, the 2010-batch IAS officer conducted several midnight raids. The mafia smuggled construction sand that not only reduced groundwater levels and made the area prone to floods but also caused an irreparable loss to the state treasury.
Durga managed to put over 90 illegal miners behind bars and also recovered around Rs 150 crore of royalty within two weeks.
From sealing borders, making arrests to ceasing vehicles, Durga’s multi-pronged approach became the talk of the town.
“We saw trucks and caught hold of the drivers. Through them, I reached the bigwigs. During the day, I approached the public to call me whenever they spotted or suspected any illegal activities. Many overcame their fears and came forward with genuine leads,??? she says.
However, she was soon transferred to a different department.
“When you do something that you are so strongly convinced about and stand firm on principles, you might find yourself lonely, but the citizen’s support was encouraging enough for me.