'I DON'T EXPECT YOU TO WORK IN SILOS'

PM Narendra Modi brought a quiet but powerful transformation in India's bureaucratic culture.

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Not through memos, but through mindset shifts. “I don’t expect you to work in silos.” That’s what PM Modi always says to his team. He believes bureaucracy must talk across departments, not just within. Explaining the bureaucratic structure, he said, “Today you’re in this ministry, tomorrow you may lead another. Learn from each other’s experiences.” A culture of shared ownership was thus born under the PM’s vision and innovative administration. In his very first speech during interaction with civil servants after becoming the PM, Narendra Modi said, we have to change the isolated and