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Department of Posts, Ministry of Communications has launched Dak Karmayogi Portal.
What is Dak Karmayogi?
Dak Karmayogi is an e-learning portal of the Department of Posts.
Aim: To enhance the competencies of Gramin Dak Sevaks ((Rural Postal Service) and departmental employees by training them on a number of Government to Citizen(G2C) services for enhanced customer satisfaction.
The trainees can access the uniform standardized training content online or in blended campus mode to enable them to effectively deliver a number of G2C services for enhanced customer satisfaction.
The training videos and quizzes on the portal are also available in 12 Indian languages to help postal trainees to access training content in vernacular languages.
Significance: This portal has been developed under the vision of ‘Mission Karmayogi’, which was conceptualized by the Prime Minister with a view to bring efficiency in the actions of all the employees of the Government of India and transform the efficiency of bureaucracy with ‘Minimum Government’ and ‘Maximum Governance’.
What is the Meghdoot Award?
The Meghdoot Award was introduced in 1984 by the Department of Posts.
The award is conferred to recognize the good performance of employees of Department of Posts. The award is conferred in eight categories.
Source: The post is based on the article “Dak Karmayogi: E-Learning Platform launched by Union Minister” published in PIB on 28th June 2022
