Kerala PSC Stenographer/ Confidential Assistant/ Instructor(Stenography) – Various Govt. Owned Companies/Corporations/Boards Previous Question Paper – 059/2026

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1. Ladies and Gentleman, I-am-very-happy to welcome you to-this conference. At-the-outset, I-would-like to remind you that our functions in-the various fields has provided us satisfaction, many-more-things have-to-be done by-the-Government. I-would-like to point-out some of-the merits and demerits in-the important functions, as it-is my duty to streamline-the functions of-the administration of-the-Government. There-is-no-doubt that whenever genuine demands are received, the Government are readily coming forward to-take immediate action to redress-the grievances. Likewise, when complaints are received with enough evidence, the Government will-not hesitate to examine-the same and-take action against the people concerned. At-the-same-time, the Government will-not waste the precious time at-their disposal, in pursuing false complaints, without any specific evidence, made by persons. As heads of district administration, you-have to bear-in-mind the real objective of-the-Government, before looking into-the petitions are received by-you. I-would-like to remind them that at-the time of elections equal opportunity is being given to all-the recognized political parties. Guidelines have-been laid down in-this-regard after a great deal of thought. If there-are any violations, Members are at liberty to raise them and-they can-be rest assured that-their genuine grievances, if any, will receive the best possible attention.

In-the initial stages of-our development, we depended more on planned growth with-the intention of build-up a strong infrastructural base for our industry and rapid expansion of core sectors. This policy did help in India large and varied industrial base, a skilled labor force and a vast army of scientists, managers and technocrats. Now, we-have to reverse the trend and that-is-the real challenge before us. Let-me say clearly that our objectives remain as-they-were when-we set out to build an independent India. The policies that we adopted since our independence must-be reviewed to give effect to our new thinking and new objective. In-this-regard within a short time, we-have removed controls on economic activity and opened our economy significantly. While inflation has-been brought under control and stability restored to-the balance of payments, these have naturally had a somewhat sad effect on domestic economy and also export growth last-year. With-this the Government has brought-about a substantial increase in public investment especially in agriculture and rural development.

Today, the resources have a vital role to-play in-our economy. They-are required for our various developmental activities. If-you taken-into-consideration all-these aspects, you-will realize that-it-is in-the interests of-trade and also-the administration to-have a tribunal exclusively dealing-with the revenue-matters. I appreciate-the concern expressed by an Honourable-Member that-we should come-up with clear legislation and-there-should-not-be any deficiency. I admire this thorough knowledge about Constitutional points. I assure him that our Law Ministry has taken care this. There-is another aspect to-which I-would-like-to refer. It-has-now become a fashion for-us to-say that-the standards have down. I-should-like to know who-has-been responsible for-the fall in standards. The Education-Department is supervising educational activities. I have all praise for it, I-know-that all educational institutions are today managed by trained teachers. In-this-connection, I-would-like-to point-out that schools are concentrated in particular areas. (100)