Mission Karma yogi for civil services capacity building

Context:

Dubbed as the biggest bureaucratic reform initiative, the Union Cabinet approved ‘Mission Karmayogi’, a new capacity-building scheme for civil servants aimed at upgrading the post-recruitment training mechanism of the offi cers and employees at all levels.

About:

• The mission has been dubbed as the biggest bureaucratic reform initiative.
• It is a new capacity-building scheme for civil servants aimed at upgrading the post-recruitment training mechanism of the offi cers and employees at all levels.
• Mission Karmayogi will have the following six pillars:-
  • Policy Framework
  • Institutional Framework
  • Competency Framework
  • Digital Learning Framework (Integrated Government Online Training Karmayogi Platform (iGOT-Karmayogi)
  • electronic Human Resource Management System (e-HRMS)
  • Monitoring and Evaluation Framework.

Components of the programme

• HR Council: The programme will be headed by a National HR Council chaired by PM Modi. It will provide direction and oversee capacity building plans.
• Capacity Building Commission: The commission will establish testing standards and help the HR council with reports and recommendations on capacity augmentations and development of a comprehensive national training programme. It will create shared faculty and resources and have supervisory role over all central training institutions.
• SPV: The special purpose vehicle will be a 100 percent government-owned company, which will be responsible for managing digital resources and curating the best of courses from the world and India and offer it to civil servants for a subscription of Rs 431. Around Rs 510 crores will be invested in over a period of 5 years.

How will it be implemented?

For implementation and monitoring of the programme, following institutional framework has been approved:

• Prime Minister’s Public Human Resource Council (PMHRC): A Council under the chairmanship of Prime Minister is conceived to be the apex body for driving and providing strategic direction to civil service reforms and capacity building.
• Cabinet Secretariat Coordination Unit: It will monitor the implementation of NPCSCB, align stakeholders and provide mechanism for overseeing capacity building plans.
• Capacity Building Commission: It will be set up for functional supervision of training institutions and facilitate in preparation of annual capacity building plans.
• Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV, an autonomous company): Created under Section 8 of the Companies Act, 2013, it will own and operate all the digital assets created for NPCSCB on behalf of the Government of India.
• Programme Management Unit (PMU): It will provide Program Management and Support services to the Department.

iGOTKarmayogi

• An integrated government online training platform – iGOTKarmayogi – will be set up for the Mission.
  • iGOT-Karmayogi platform brings the scale and state-of-the-art infrastructure to augment the capacities of over two crore offi cials in India.