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MISSION KARMAYOGI SCHEME

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INDEX

REFERENCE WITH UPSC-CSE SYLLABUS

WHY IN NEWS

ABOUT

SIX PILLARS OF MISSION KARMAYOGI

WORKING MECHANISM

KEY POINTS

FUNDING

WHY MISSION KARMAYOGI

GOVERNMENT BENEFIT

CIVIL SERVANT BENEFIT

CHALLENGES

CONCLUSION

EXPECTED PRELIMS QUESTIONS

EXPECTED MAINS QUESTION

REFERENCE WITH UPSC-CSE SYLLABUS

  • General Studies-II
  • Government Policies and Interventions for Development in various sectors and Issues arising out of their Design and Implementation.
  • Role of civil services in a democracy

WHY IN NEWS

  • The Union Cabinet has approved Mission Karmayogi a new capacity-building scheme for civil servants.

ABOUT

  • It is a scheme for civil servants for their capacity-building.
  • For officers and employees at all levels, improvement in the post-recruitment training mechanism.
  • To increase the capacity of civil servants, it will use state-of-the-art infrastructure.
  • Biggest bureaucratic transformation initiative, labelled by central government.

SIX PILLARS OF MISSION KARMAYOGI

  1. Digital Learning Framework (Integrated Government Online Training Karmayogi Platform (iGOT-Karmayogi)
  2. Electronic Human Resource Management System (e-HRMS)
  3. Monitoring and Evaluation Framework
  4. Institutional Framework
  5. Policy Framework
  6. Competency Framework

WORKING MECHANISM

  • By setting up a digital platform called iGOT (Integrated Govt. Online training) Karmayogi, Mission Karmayogi Programme will be conveyed.
  • iGOT-Under Ministry of Human Resources and Development, it is an Integrated Government Online Training digital platform.
  • iGOT-Karmayogi platform will be govern by wholly-owned Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV)
  • Under Section 8 of the Companies Act, 2013, it will be established.
  • IGOT-Karmayogi platform will be own and manage by the SPV (not-for-profit) company.
  • Making and operationalizing, market place, content and manage important business services of iGOT-Karmayogi stage, regarding content validation, independent proctored assessments and telemetry data availability will be done by the SPV.
  • All Intellectual Property Rights will be own by the SPV, on behalf of the Government of India.

KEY POINTS

  • For the National Programme for Civil Services Capacity Building (NPCSCB), the platform will act as a Launchpad.
  • Prime Minister’s Human Resource Council will oversee NPCSCB, which will also include:
  • State Chief Ministers
  • Union Cabinet ministers
  • Specialists
  • Thinkers
  • Public service functionaries
  • Global thought leaders
  • Eminent public HR practitioners
  • They will evaluate and accept civil service capacity building programmes.
  • Cabinet Secretary Coordination Unit will include select secretaries and Cadre controlling authorities.
  • Specialists in related fields and global professionals will be in Capacity Building Commission. They will audit human resources, monitor annual capacity building plans.
  • For performance assessment of all users of the iGOT-Karmayogi platform so as to produce a dashboard view of Key Performance Indicators, a suitable monitoring and assessment framework will also be made.

FUNDING

  • From 2020-21 to 2024-25, a sum of Rs 510.86 crore will be spent over a period of 5 years, which will cover around 46 lakh central employees.
  • Around $50 million expenditure is partly funded by multilateral assistance.

WHY MISSION KARMAYOGI

For the future to make Indian civil servants more

  • Proactive
  • Constructive
  • Imaginative
  • Professional
  • Energetic
  • Enabling
  • Transparent
  • Creative
  • Innovative
  • Technology-enabled
  • Progressive

GOVERNMENT BENEFIT

  • Government’s human resource management practices fundamentally will improve.
  • An inclusive reform of the capacity building apparatus at the development levels, institutional and individual, this mission will support.
  • Rules based to Roles based evolution of bureaucracy by matching their capabilities to the necessities of the post.

CIVIL SERVANT BENEFIT

  • Under Mission Karmayogi, officers and employees in the government will get a chance to improve their performance.
  • Civil servant will be able to ensure efficient service delivery of the highest quality standards by enabling them with specific role-abilities.

CHALLENGES

  • Anything that challenges the status quo of bureaucracy, they always try to resist the change.
  • From ordinary to professional method of dealing with the situation according to the changing environment bureaucracy need to evolve itself.

CONCLUSION

  • Courses offered by government should be seen as an opportunity to learn and not an excuse to take time out of work.
  • Attitude change is required in bureaucracy who forgets that they are servants of society not the master.
  • Empathy need to be develop in them so they can feel the problem rather than escaping the situation.
  • Bureaucracy transformation is good move but the real culprits are the politicians who interfere in transfers and put pressure on the bureaucrats.
  • Most of the bureaucrats are trap in a bubble and a wall is created among it so they never realize their full potential.
  • They forgets their purpose to serve the humanity and they become a puppet of misguided souls.

EXPECTED PRELIMS QUESTIONS

Q1. Consider the following statement regarding MISSION KARMAYOGI

  1. It is a scheme for farmers for their capacity-building.
  2. It is a training mechanism for farmers.
  3. To increase the capacity of farmers, it will use state-of-the-art infrastructure.

Which of the following statement is correct?

(1) a and b  

(2) a and c

(3) All of the above

(4) None of the above

SOLUTION

STATEMENT A is incorrect because it is a scheme for civil servants for their capacity-building.

STATEMENT B is incorrect because for officers and employees at all levels, improvement in the post-recruitment training mechanism.

STATEMENT C is incorrect because to increase the capacity of civil servants, it will use state-of-the-art infrastructure.

 

Q2. Which of the following statements are correct

  1. Under Mission Karmayogi, officers and employees in the government will get a chance to improve their performance.
  2. From 2020-21 to 2034-35, a sum of Rs 510.86 crore will be spent over a period of 15 years, which will cover around 46 lakh central employees.
  1. a only
  2. b only
  3. Both a and b
  4. Neither a nor b

SOLUTION

STATEMENT A is correct because Under Mission Karmayogi, officers and employees in the government will get a chance to improve their performance.

STATEMENT B is incorrect because From 2020-21 to 2024-25, a sum of Rs 510.86 crore will be spent over a period of 5 years, which will cover around 46 lakh central employees.

 

Q3. Which of the following statements are incorrect

  1. iGOT (Integrated Govt. Online training) Under Ministry of Human Resources and Development, it is an Integrated Government Online Training digital platform.
  2. iGOT-Karmayogi platform will be govern by wholly-owned Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) and under Section 10 of the Companies Act, 2013, it will be established 

(1) a only

(2) b only

(3) Both a and b

(4) Neither a nor b

 

SOLUTION

STATEMENT A is correct because iGOT (Integrated Govt. Online training) Under Ministry of Human Resources and Development, it is an Integrated Government Online Training digital platform.

STATEMENT B is incorrect because iGOT-Karmayogi platform will be govern by wholly-owned Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) and under Section 8 of the Companies Act, 2013, it will be established.

EXPECTED MAINS QUESTION

Q1. Discuss Mission Karmayogi impact on Indian bureaucracy.

Sources used:

The Hindu,The Indian Express, British Broadcasting Corporation News, Press Trust of India, Business Standard, The Economic Times