Additional Chief Secretary, Tamil Nadu, Mr. Jagmohan Singh Raju launched his book titled Ramrajya – the people’s welfare state at LPU campus. The book, based on the author’s doctoral research, is an attempt at bringing an enhanced understanding of the ongoing national discourse on people’s aspiration for a welfare society and good governance, which is commonly perceived as Ramrajya. He also addresses some very interesting questions about a welfare state.
The concept of a welfare state is a noble one and it should also be all-encompassing including in its fold the overall happiness, welfare, security and betterment of all the sections of society”. These were the views aired by Addl. Chief Secretary, Tamil Nadu, Mr. Jagmohan Singh Raju while releasing his book “Ramrajya- the people’s welfare State” at Lovely Professional University.
Mr. Raju said the welfare state should be evolved from being a mere concept to an ideology which must concentrate on various parameters like- general happiness, health, education for the sake of public welfare. He also said one of the most significant aspects of the welfare state concept is calculating gross national happiness such as is being practiced in countries like-Bhutan.
Jagmohan Singh Raju is an acknowledged practitioner of ethical public policy and administration. He joined the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) in 1985 at the young age of twenty-two years and, since then, has served the nation in various capacities in the Government of India and in the State of Tamil Nadu for over three decades. He is also the youngest IAS officer among his batchmates to reach the apex scale.
He avowedly subscribes to excellence, measurable outcomes and accountability in public service. He steered Saakshar Bharat, the new variant of the National Literacy Mission, from 2009-14. During this short period of five years, nearly twenty-five million adults, mostly women, Dalits, rural poor and other marginalized sections of the society were made literate.
