• Mission Karmayogi is one of the biggest bureaucratic reform initiatives undertaken by Government of India.

    • It is a new capacity-building scheme for civil servants aimed at upgrading the post-recruitment training mechanism of the officers and employees at all levels.

    • The programme is delivered by setting up a digital platform called iGOTKarmayogi.

    • The platform is launchpad for the National Programme for Civil Services Capacity Building (NPCSCB), which will enable a comprehensive reform of the capacity building apparatus at the individual, institutional and process levels.

    • NPCSCB will be governed by the Prime Minister’s Human Resource Council, which will also include state Chief Ministers, Union Cabinet ministers and experts.

    • To cover around 46 lakh central employees, a sum of Rs 510.86 crore will be spent over a period of 5 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25. 

    • The expenditure is partly funded by multilateral assistance to the tune of $50 million.

    • Institutional Framework for the mission includes

        ◦ Prime Minister’s Public Human Resource Council (PMHRC)

        ◦ Cabinet Secretariat Coordination Unit

        ◦ Capacity Building Commission;

        ◦ Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV)

        ◦ Programme Management Unit (PMU) to provide program management and support services

    • The Technical digital learning platform of Mission Karmayogi has become functional in pre-production (experimental) stage on which various types of learning courses are being uploaded by the Central and other training institutions.

    • Ministries and Departments implementing important National flagships programs and projects have been requested to develop ‘e-content’ in respect of their programs and projects such as:

        ◦ To provide strategic direction to civil service reforms and capacity building

        ◦ Preparation of annual capacity building plans

        ◦ To strengthen functional supervision over training institutions

        ◦ To provide a digital learning platform providing best in class learning content

        ◦ Improved availability of trained workforce for effective citizen centric delivery

        ◦ Enabling data-driven decisions for training personnel management

        ◦ Increased transparency and accountability in governance

        ◦ Besides the NPCSCB, the Government is currently implementing following schemes namely-

        ◦ Training for All Scheme with an objective of capacity building of all government officials at National and State level.

        ◦ Domestic Funding of Foreign Training (DFFT) scheme provides for short term and long-term training courses abroad through training courses at the best international institutions.

        ◦ Funding and supporting Foundational & Mid-Career training of civil servants through Central Training Institutions. 

(The author is a trainer for Civil Services aspirants. The views expressed here are personal.)