PM Narendra Modi urges IAS trainees to research on issues of governance

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday met and interacted for over four hours with over 360 Officer Trainees of the 92nd Foundation Course at the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA) in Mussoorie. He is on a two-day visit there.

"PM had a lively informal interaction with the officer trainees in four groups. During the wide ranging interaction, which lasted nearly four hours, the Prime Minister urged the Officer Trainees to express their ideas and thoughts to him frankly and without fear.

A variety of subjects such as administration, governance, technology and policy-making came up for discussion.


The Prime Minister encouraged the Officer Trainees to study and research governance issues in depth, so that they could understand them well.

He also stressed on the need for them to develop a national vision. The discussions were marked by a large degree of experience-sharing," the Prime Minister's Office said in a statement.