Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in the course of the inauguration of the ‘Seva Teerth’, the brand new constructing of the Prime Minister’s Workplace, together with Union Minister Manohar Lal and MoS Jitendra Singh, on the ninety fifth anniversary of the nationwide capital, in New Delhi on February 13, 2026. Picture: YouTube/@NarendraModi through PTI
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday (February 13, 2026) inaugurated the Seva Teerth advanced, which can home the Prime Minister’s Workplace (PMO), the Nationwide Safety Council Secretariat and the Cupboard Secretariat.
PM Modi unveiled the plaque of Seva Teerth on the new advanced — the identify inscribed in Devanagari script on the wall of the advanced. Beneath it’s the motto ‘Nagrik Devo Bhava’ (citizen is akin to God).
The PMO will shift from the South Block on Raisina Hill to Seva Teerth, bringing collectively the places of work of the Cupboard Secretariat and the Nationwide Safety Council Secretariat that have been situated at completely different locations.
Housing and City Affairs Minister Manohar Lal, Minister of State within the PMO Jitendra Singh, and officers from the PMO have been current on the event when PM Modi inaugurated the brand new constructing.
Since 2014, the Modi Authorities has taken regular steps to maneuver away from symbols of India’s colonial previous and to usher a shift in mindset, officers mentioned.
They identified that the Prime Minister’s Workplace will now be known as Seva Teerth, the Central Secretariat buildings have been named as Kartavya Bhawan, and Rajpath has been renamed as Kartavya Path.
In the identical spirit, Race Course Highway, the place the Prime Minister’s official residence is situated, has been renamed as Lok Kalyan Marg and Raj Bhawans and Raj Niwas have been renamed as Lok Bhavan and Lok Niwas, respectively.
“The inauguration marks a transformative milestone in India’s administrative governance structure and displays the Prime Minister’s dedication to constructing a contemporary, environment friendly, accessible and citizen-centric governance ecosystem, an announcement from the PMO mentioned on Thursday (February 12).
For many years, a number of key authorities places of work and ministries functioned from fragmented and ageing infrastructure unfold throughout a number of areas within the Central Vista space.
This dispersion led to operational inefficiencies, coordination challenges, escalating upkeep prices and sub-optimal working environments. The brand new constructing complexes deal with these points by consolidating administrative capabilities inside trendy, future-ready amenities, it mentioned.
Printed – February 13, 2026 03:14 pm IST
