Dr. Kamini Rao's Master Class

M. Lakshminarayana is the advisor to the Chief Minister of Karnataka, B.S.Yediyurrappa. He is also a retired IAS officer of the Karnataka cadre. With his illustrious career, he has been a part of diverse areas from being Deputy Commissioner (DC) of Shimoga and Deputy Commissioner (DC) of Gulbarga districts to Commissioner of Agricultural Marketing, Housing, Transport, BBMP, Additional Chief Secretary PWD, Medical Education, Social welfare department and many others. He is an inspiration to many aspirants of IAS. Watch Mr. M. Lakshminarayana in an informative conversation with Padma Shri Dr Kamini Rao. Know more about him and what made him and his journey extraordinary in this episode.

Role of Bureaucracy

“When we enter Government service, we enter intending to help the people; work for the people and work within the policy framework of the government.”

The abilities and proficiency of bureaucracy depend on the quality and efficacy of the state administration but bureaucrats like M.Lakshminarayana always push frameworks of administration to the desired level of the efficacious system of delivery of services. Though it seems that the entire system works under the leadership and control of the political executive, Mr. Lakshminarayana reveals “In a democratic setup it is the bureaucrat and the political system, both works together. Most bureaucrats do not have experience at the grassroots level but politicians have experience at the grassroots level.”

The experiences of the grassroots level of the political leaders mingled with the youths and intelligence of the young bureaucrats makes a unique framework of efficient administration in dealing with the services demanded by the society from government machineries.

Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana and its benefits

Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) was launched in the year 2016 under the leadership of Honourable Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi. Mr. Lakshminarayana talks about how the scheme has benefitted households Below Poverty Line (BPL) by providing them with concessional LPG connections. Under the scheme LPG connections were provided to rural areas which in effect promoted the benefits as concise by M.Lakshminarayana:

1. Preventing felling of trees for firewood’s and thus saving the planet from environmental hazards.
2. Protecting the health of rural women flock by saving from the ill effects of emissions of harmful smoke.
3. Reducing the burden on the health care facilities.
4. Saving the precious time of the rural women thereby making adequate time available for pursuing the regular activities of their livelihood.
5. Enhance holistic happiness for the entire family.

“Today society is more informed than society in the past.”

Mr Lakshminarayana stresses on the fact that people now are more informed about the benefits of all government schemes and hence believes they should spread the message to masses while giving an example of celebrities promoting issues of public healthcare and safety to the commoners and commoners to the masses. The classic examples are cine celebrities taking up the causes; eg. Toilet- Ek Prem Katha, Padman.

“If every person talks about government programs, the government doesn’t have to spend a lot of money in popularizing their program.”

During the insightful conversation, Mr Lakshminarayana highlighted that even in the darkest hours we may discover the true strength of our brilliance like the pandemic situation where the masses have grasped the benefits of technology usage during COVID times albeit the blip of the economy.

M.Lakminarayana’s journey is nothing short of extraordinary. Watch this informative session of Mr. M. Lakshminarayana with Dr Kamini Rao in her Master Class. The upcoming instalments will bring in another set of incredible speakers like Dr B.S.Srinath, Senior Consultant Surgical Oncologist and Head of the Institution, Sri Shankara Cancer Hospital and Research Centre, Tejaswini Ananth Kumar, politician and founder of Adamya Chetana, Dr R Balasubramaniam, development activist, author Dr R Balasubramaniam, author and founder of Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement (SVYM) and Grassroots Research And Advocacy Movement (GRAAM) and Dr Suma Sudhindra, classical musician and a foremost exponent of Veena in her generation of musicians.

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