Mission Karmyogi: An attempt to change the face of civil services

Source– The post is based on the article “Mission Karmyogi: An attempt to change the face of civil services” published in The Indian Express on 14th October 2022.

Syllabus: GS2- Governance. GS4- Probity in Governance

Relevance– Reforms in civil services

News- The article explains the Mission Karamyogi programme of the central government for training civil servants.

What is Mission Karamyogi?

It sets up a capacity building commission.

Its aim is to develop an effective citizen-centric civil service.

It is targeted at employees of both centre as well as states.

It focuses on improving the professional and investigative skills of the police force.

It is about creating a civil service with domain and technological competencies. Government will play an enabling and regulatory role in the future private sector led market economy. This

requires a civil service that has the domain knowledge of a specific sector.

The people who deal with regulation are deputed to the private sector to facilitate cross-learning. It will reduce friction between the public and private sector.

What are some facts related to the capacity building approach followed by the programme?

The Capacity Building Commission has worked closely with the Department of Economic Affairs. It also coordinated with the UK’s National Infrastructure Authority, IIM Ahmedabad and Larsen and Toubro project management learning centre to develop online learning courses.

The capacity-building approach adopted by the Mission has been guided by the “70-20-10” formula. Seventy per cent adult learning comes from on job experience, 20 per cent is a result of peer-to-peer sharing and only 10 per cent comes from classroom teaching.

Capacity Building Commission is working with government-run civil servant training institutions to provide classroom and online instruction.

The CBC is also providing training for section officers and assistant section officers. The focus has shifted from educating the officers about routine administrative practices. It is providing them operational and practical skills such as working on government E-procurement portals.

How is Mission Karamyogi different?

Earlier training programmes were focused on mostly first-class officers. Mission Karamyogi includes all categories of employees at central and state level.

The programme is guided by the “Whole Government” approach. Training resources are being shared across departments and silos are being broken. The CBC worked closely with the Climate Change Training Institute and the Wildlife Institute of India to tackle the problem of animal accidents on railway lines.