Telangana govt awards civil servants for exemplary performance

CM K Chandrasekhara Rao felicitated the officers during I-Day celebrations on Tuesday

The Telangana government has set a new precedent of honouring All India Services officers on the occasion of the country's 71st Independence Day in recognition of their contribution to a particular cause within or outside their administrative responsibilities.

At present, no state has a practice of honouring civil servants, most of whom spend their lives in a particular state, where they are posted until the completion of their training period. Only a handful of such officers find their way into Central government services.

Allotments are often viewed as an indirect recognition of the officer's performance on an individual basis. However, there is