Rail officers to get lessons on ethics and integrity

New Delhi: In order to spruce up the “ethics and integrity” of its officers, the Indian Railways will roll out nationwide classes to teach officers to say “yes or no” and “maybe” while dealing with situations in public service.

A total of 150 officers and supervisors each from the Railway’s 17 zones would attend the first such class at the Rail Museum on July 27, a senior official said. The keynote speaker for this class would be Chairman, Railway Board, Ashwani Lohani. The class which would be telecast live across all the zones, the official added.

Mr Ashwani Lohani said: “We will conduct these classes on ethics and integrity to bring about a change in the attitude of officials. We want to cover each staff member”.

Among those invited as speakers are former cabinet secretary Prabhat Kumar and former education secretary Anil Swarup.