Railways launches programme on ethics in public governance

NEW DELHI: In a first of its kind event held by any government organization, the Indian Railways organised a programme on ethics in public governance and launched “Mission Satyanishtha” at a day-long event held at National Rail Museum, New Delhi, on Friday.

Piyush Goyal, Minister of Railways, administered the oath to the officers and supervisors at the programme. Speaking on the occasion, the Railway Minister said, “People define an organisation and an organisation defines its people, hence, work culture has to be improved and transparency brought about, data should be displayed on public domains so as to get constructive feedbacks from the users”. He further added lack of interest towards work in any system, may be termed as unethical amounting to corruption.

Ashwani Lohani, Chairman Railway Board, inaugurated the event and introduced the subject to the participants. The officers and staff members of Northern Railway under the leadership of Vishwesh Chaube, General Manager, Northern Railway, also participated in the event.

The issue of ethics, integrity and probity in public life have been a matter of concern all over the government sector. In this context it is also extremely important that all railway servants adhere to impeccable conduct and integrity at all times. “Mission Satyanishtha” launched on Friday (27th July 2018) aims at sensitising all railway employees about the need to adhere to good ethics and to maintain high standards of integrity at work. Talks and lectures on the subject are being organised all over the Indian Railways for this purpose.