National Civil Services Day is observed on April 21 across India.
The first civil service day was observed in 2006.
On this day civil servants rededicate themselves to cause of the citizens and renew their commitment to public service.
This day coincides with the date on which Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel had addressed the first batch of civil service probationers at Metcalfe House, New Delhi in 1947.
In this famous speech, Sardar Patel had referred to bureaucrats as “steel frame of India”.
The Civil Services Day 2019 was NOT observed on this year due to Lok Sabha elections.