STATE TIMES NEWS
NEW DELHI: Union Minister, Dr. Jitendra Singh, who is also the Minister Incharge Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT), on Wednesday informed the Lok Sabha about DoPT’s successful novel initiative “Mission Karmayogi”.
In response to a question by an member, the Union Minister said, recognizing the crucial role of Civil Services in fulfilment of India’s developmental aspirations and national priorities, the Government had launched the National Program for Civil Services Capacity Building (NPCSCB) – “Mission Karmayogi”.
Under this initiative, the Centre, States and Union Territories are making and implementing Capacity-Building plans for civil servants.
Dr Jitendra further informed that the Government has also launched an integrated online training platform, iGOT Karmayogi, to provide continuous learning opportunities for lakhs of government employees to upgrade their skills and facilitate people-centric approach.
The Civil Services Training Institutes are also being encouraged to collaborate with other Institutions, Universities, Research Institutions, especially leading domestic and international institutions to bring immersive experiential learning content, faculty, research, to the training, preferably on a reciprocal basis.
In reply to another question in the same House, Dr Jitendra replied that lateral recruitment, at the levels of Joint Secretary, Director and Deputy Secretary in Government of India, has been undertaken since 2018 to appoint persons for specific assignments, keeping in view their specialized knowledge and expertise in the domain area.
So far 63 appointments have been made through lateral entry out of which 35 appointments have been from the private sector. Presently, 57 officers are in position in Ministries/Departments, he stated.