Date: 2025-12-20Category: Press ReleaseState: Union GovernmentCountry: India
Vice-President Shri C. P. Radhakrishnan addresses Valedictory Session of National Conference of Chairpersons of State Public Service Commissions in Hyderabad
**Executive Summary**
The Vice-President of India, Shri C. P. Radhakrishnan, addressed the Valedictory Session of the National Conference of Chairpersons of State Public Service Commissions in Hyderabad on December 20, 2025. He emphasized the pivotal role of Public Service Commissions (PSCs) in nation-building, good governance, and ensuring the quality of civil services for Viksit Bharat@2047. He stressed the importance of upholding merit, fairness, and transparency in public recruitment.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Role of Public Service Commissions:**
* PSCs play a crucial role in shaping the quality, integrity, and effectiveness of India's governance systems.
* They are constitutional institutions responsible for selecting competent, impartial, and ethical individuals for civil service.
* **Importance of Independence and Ethical Standards:**
* Independence of PSCs is central to safeguarding merit, fairness, and transparency.
* Impartiality is the moral foundation of public recruitment; transparency is essential to eliminate bias.
* Zero tolerance towards malpractice in public examinations is necessary.
* **Evolving Demands on Civil Services:**
* Effective implementation of national priorities (digital governance, social inclusion, infrastructure, climate action, economic transformation) depends on the quality of administrators.
* Civil servants require strong ethical judgment, emotional intelligence, leadership, and teamwork, in addition to academic competence.
* PSCs should explore fair and structured assessments of behavioural and ethical competencies.
* **Recruitment and Beyond:**
* Recruitment alone cannot ensure lifelong excellence.
* Performance appraisal, vigilance oversight, and periodic review mechanisms must be applied objectively and transparently.
* Character and ethical conduct are foundational to nation-building and public trust.
* **Talent Mapping:**
* PSCs should explore innovative approaches to talent mapping and employability to match the right talent with the right roles.
**Impact Analysis**
**State Public Service Commissions**
* **Impact:** PSCs are at the forefront of ensuring quality governance and civil services, with emphasis on transparency, ethical standards, and adapting to evolving demands.
* **Action Required:** Explore innovative talent mapping and employability approaches, implement robust review mechanisms, and maintain zero tolerance for malpractice in recruitment processes.
**Civil Servants**
* **Impact:** Emphasis on strong ethical judgment, emotional intelligence, leadership, and teamwork, in addition to academic competence. The quality of the civil servants will determine the quality of governance and achievement of national priorities.
* **Action Required:** Uphold the highest ethical standards and commit to lifelong excellence, understanding the need for continuous improvement.
**Citizens**
* **Impact:** Direct beneficiaries of good governance and high quality civil services. Ethical and competent civil servants translate to better quality of life.
* **Action Required:** None explicitly mentioned. Citizens can support the process through engagement and awareness of the performance of public institutions.
Key Entities Referenced
Public Service Commissions: Constitutional institutions responsible for selecting competent and impartial individuals to serve the nation.
National Conference of Chairpersons of State Public Service Commissions: A conference where chairpersons of state public service commissions gather.
C. P. Radhakrishnan: The Vice-President of India who addressed the Valedictory Session of the National Conference.
Viksit Bharat@2047: A vision for India's development by 2047, emphasizing quality of governance.
Hyderabad: Location where the National Conference of Chairpersons of State Public Service Commissions took place.
Vice President's Secretariat
Vice-President Shri C. P. Radhakrishnan
addresses Valedictory Session of National
Conference of Chairpersons of State Public
Service Commissions in Hyderabad
Vice-President highlights role of PSCs in nation-building
Quality of civil services decisive for Viksit Bharat: Vice-
President
Merit must not only be upheld, it must be seen to be upheld:
Vice-President
प्रव तथ: 20 DEC 2025 7:01PM by PIB Delhi
The Vice-President of India, Shri C. P. Radhakrishnan, today participated at the Valedictory Session of the
Conference of Chairpersons of State Public Service Commissions in Hyderabad and underscored the
pivotal role of Public Service Commissions in shaping the quality, integrity and effectiveness of India’s
governance systems.
Vice-President of India, Shri C. P. Radhakrishnan, today participated in the
Valedictory Session of the National Conference of Chairpersons of State Public
Service Commissions (PSCs) in Hyderabad.
He highlighted the pivotal role of PSCs in nation-building and good
governance,… pic.twitter.com/iqWk6eISiO
— Vice-President of India (@VPIndia) December 20, 2025
Addressing the gathering, the Vice-President said that as India progresses towards the vision of Viksit
Bharat@2047, the quality of governance, and more importantly the quality of people who run institutions,
will be decisive. He described Public Service Commissions as constitutional institutions entrusted with the
critical responsibility of selecting competent, impartial and ethical individuals to serve the nation
The Vice-President noted that the independence of Public Service Commissions, as enshrined in the
Constitution, has been central to safeguarding merit, fairness and transparency in public recruitment. Over
the decades, he said, the Commissions at the Union and State levels have strengthened public confidence
by ensuring administrative continuity, institutional stability and impartial selection of civil servantsEmphasising the evolving demands on the civil services, he highlighted that the effective implementation
of national priorities, such as digital governance, social inclusion, infrastructure development, climate
action, and economic transformation, depends on the quality of administrators selected today.
Highlighting the importance of ethical standards, Shri
C. P. Radhakrishnan said that impartiality is the moral foundation of public recruitment and that
transparency is essential to eliminate bias. He observed that even isolated irregularities can undermine
institutional credibility, and called for zero tolerance towards malpractice in public examinations
The Vice-President also emphasised that effective governance today requires civil servants with strong
ethical judgment, emotional intelligence, leadership ability and teamwork, in addition to academic
competence. He suggested that Public Service Commissions may explore fair and structured assessments
of behavioural and ethical competencies alongside knowledge-based examinations
Stressing that recruitment alone cannot ensure lifelong excellence, Shri C. P. Radhakrishnan said that
performance appraisal, vigilance oversight and periodic review mechanisms must be applied objectively
and transparently to safeguard institutional integrity. He added that character and ethical conduct are
foundational to nation-building and public trust
Referring to India’s demographic dividend, the Vice-President encouraged Public Service Commissions to
explore innovative approaches to talent mapping and employability, including initiatives similar to
Pratibha Setu, to match the right talent with the right roles.
Concluding his address, Shri C. P. Radhakrishnan expressed confidence that Public Service Commissions
would continue to strengthen the foundations of good governance and play a central role in India’s journey
towards a Viksit and Aatma Nirbhar Bharat.
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