Mission Karmayogi: Aims & Route

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Topic: General Studies 2:

• Structure, organization and functioning of the Executive 
• Important aspects of governance, transparency and accountability, e-governance- applications 

In News: One of 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 officers and employees at all levels.

Institutional Structure for Mission Karmayogi – – National Programme for Civil Services Capacity Building (NPCSCB)

1. PM led Human Resource Council
   • It will also include state Chief Ministers, Union Cabinet ministers and eminent national and global Academicians, thought leaders, Industry leaders
   • This council will approve and review civil service capacity building programmes.
   • Mandate of the Council includes:
   • Apex body driving & providing strategic direction to the Programme
   • Approves & Monitors Civil Service Capacity Building plan 
   • Reviews reports submitted by Capacity Building Commission
2. Cabinet Secretary Coordination Unit 
   • It comprises of select secretaries and cadre controlling authorities, headed by Cabinet Secretary
   • The primary function of this body is to monitor progress, and execution of plans. 
3. Capacity Building Commission: It will include experts in related fields and global professionals. The mandate of the commission are: 
   • To prepare annual Capacity building plans and seek approval from PM HR Council
   • Audit human resources available in the government.
   • Harmonize training standards and capacity building
   • Create shared faculty and resources
   • Supervisory role over all Central Training Institutions.
   • Set norms for common mid-career training programs
   • Undertake analysis of data from iGOT-Karmayogi
   • Prepare the Annual HR Report on health of Civil Services and Target Achievements 
4. Wholly owned Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) 

• • Legal: Company under Section 8 (of Companies Act) with 100% Government ownership
  • Board of Directors: Representing all participating entities of the Programme
  • Revenue Model: Self sustaining – Annual Subscription fee of INR 431 per employee 

Key functions of SPV

• Own and operate the online Platform, iGOT Karmayogi on behalf of Government
• Operationalize a robust content ecosystem
• Manage assessment & certification eco-system
• Telemetry data based scoring – monitoring and evaluation
• Feedback assessment – driven by Artificial Intelligence & evolvable and scalable platform
• Curate & deliver programmes for capacity building of Civil Servants in other countries
• The SPV will own all Intellectual Property Rights on behalf of the Government of India.

iGOT- Karmayogi platform

• The Karmyogi Programme will be delivered by setting up an Integrated Government Online Training (iGOT) Karmayogi Platform.
• iGOT-Karmayogi is a continuous online training platform, which would allow all government servants from assistant secretary to secretary level to undergo continuous training, depending on their domain areas.
• Courses from international universities will be made available on the platform for officers to take any time
• The platform is expected to evolve into a vibrant and world-class market place for content where carefully curated and vetted digital e-learning material will be made available. 
• Besides capacity building, service matters like confirmation after probation period, deployment, work assignment and notification of vacancies etc. would eventually be integrated with the proposed competency framework

Monitoring & Evaluation Framework of the mission

• Monitoring and evaluation of all users on the basis of Key Performance Indicators (KPI).
• Users include the individual learner (Civil Servant), the supervisor, the organisation, the peer group, the content creator and the technology service provider
• Prime Minister’s Dash Board: Real-time reporting of Capacity Building KPIs with Annual Score Cards and Rankings for Departments
• Capacity Building Plan- Annual Plans submitted by each Department aligned to National ambitions

• Annual State of Civil Services Report: Consolidated Performance of Civil Services as a whole in a year with focus on achievements & contribution to National Progress
• Independent Audits: Third Party Audit of Programme, in addition to regular Audit and Quality Assurance by Capacity Building Commission

Merits of the Mission

• Democratized Civil Service: This is a New National Architecture for Civil Services Capacity Building that will herald into Silo-less Performance. It would help augment the capacities of over two crore officials in India. 
• Holistic: This is a Comprehensive reform of the capacity building apparatus at individual, institutional and process levels for efficient public service delivery.
• Competency driven HR Management policy: The mission ensures that right person with right competencies is at the right position
• Enhanced Accessibility: The mission enables Civil Servants to learn from the best institutions and practices across the world (through marketplace of iGOT platform)
• Increased Expertise The mission is Knowledge driven and aims at building competencies to transform Civil Servants into leaders and subject matter experts.
• Better Governance: Capacity of Civil Services plays a vital role in performing core governance functions. The mission will help make Civil Servant more efficient, effective, accountable and responsive to the needs of the citizen 
• Leads to better Work Culture: The mission organically links the transformation of work culture and strengthening public institutions through adopting modern technology (iGOT Karmayogi platform) which lays emphasis on skills

• Professional Growth: It helps make available to all civil servants, an opportunity to continuously build and strengthen their Behavioral, Functional and Domain Competencies in their self-driven and mandated learning paths

• Uniform Approach: The mission will enable a uniform approach in managing and regulating the capacity building ecosystem on collaborative and co-sharing basis.
• Reduces the cost of training Civil Servants for both Centre & States, due to emphasis given on continuous online learning and shared ecosystem. Expenditure on foreign training will thence be cut down.

Connecting the Dots:

1. Mission Karmayogi