National Civil Services Day is observed on April 21 every year.
New Delhi:
The National Civil Services Day is observed on April 21 every year and is dedicated to India s civil servants for their contribution and hard work in public administration. The first National Civil Service Day was observed in the year 2006.
The Government of India chose April 21 as the National Civil Service Day as on this day the country s first home minister, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel addressed the newly appointed Administrative Services Officers in 1947. The historic occasion took place at the Metcalfe House in Delhi. Sardar Patel had referred to the civil servants as the steel frame of India or in other words the backbone of the country s administration.