{"id":322478,"date":"2020-04-21T03:21:06","date_gmt":"2020-04-21T03:21:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=322478"},"modified":"2020-04-21T06:21:41","modified_gmt":"2020-04-21T06:21:41","slug":"president-kovind-pm-modi-greet-civil-servants-on-civil-services-day-appreciate-their-efforts-in-combating-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/president-kovind-pm-modi-greet-civil-servants-on-civil-services-day-appreciate-their-efforts-in-combating-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"President Kovind, PM Modi greet civil servants on Civil Services Day, appreciate their efforts in combating COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-305552 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/kovind-modi.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"767\" height=\"508\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/11\/kovind-modi.jpg 767w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/11\/kovind-modi-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/11\/kovind-modi-696x461.jpg 696w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/11\/kovind-modi-634x420.jpg 634w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 767px\" \/>On the occasion of Civil Services Day, President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted all the Civil Servants and their families.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cOn Civil Services Day, greetings to all civil servants, past and present, and their families. Our civil services have played a key role in implementing policies and programs for public welfare,\u201d President Kovind tweeted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cIn the present times too, the steel frame of our country, the civil service, has shown its strength and resolve in handling COVID-19 situation, with sensitivity and professionalism. Confident that our civil services will continue to serve in the best traditions of public service,\u201d Kovind added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">PM Modi conveyed his greetings to all Civil Servants and their families. \u201cI appreciate their efforts in ensuring India successfully defeats COVID-19. They are working round the clock, assisting those in need and ensuring everyone is healthy,\u201d Modi said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">He also paid tributes to Sardar Patel on Civil Services Day<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cOn Civil Services Day, tributes to the great Sardar Patel, who envisioned our administrative framework and emphasised on building a system that is progress-oriented and compassionate,\u201d PM Modi said.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the occasion of Civil Services Day, President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted all the Civil Servants and their families. \u201cOn Civil Services Day, greetings to all civil servants, past and present, and their families. Our civil services have played a key role in implementing policies and programs for public welfare,\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":305552,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36],"tags":[12946,316,1452],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322478"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=322478"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322478\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":322479,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322478\/revisions\/322479"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/305552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=322478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=322478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=322478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}