Lok Sabha Question No. 1787 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-21
Subject: IGOT
Ministry: PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
Asked by: Sougata Ray

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS (DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL & TRAINING)

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1787

(TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.09.2020)

## IGOT

## 1787. PROF. SAUGATA RAY:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  any  proposal  to  start  Integrated  Government  Online Training (IGOT) platform;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the project would upskill the Government employees; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?
- (i) Policy Framework,
- (ii) Institutional Framework,
- (iii) Competency Framework,
- (iv) Digital  Learning  Framework  (Integrated  Government  Online  Training  Karmayogi Platform (iGOT-Karmayogi),
- (v) Electronic Human Resource Management System (e-HRMS), and
- (vi) Monitoring and Evaluation Framework.
- II.     For implementation and monitoring of the programme, following institutional framework has been approved:
- (i) Prime Minister's  Public  Human  Resource  Council  (PMHRC):  A  Council  under  the Chairmanship of Hon'ble Prime Minister is conceived to be the apex body for driving and providing strategic direction to civil service reforms and capacity building.

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE (DR. JITENDRA SINGH)

(a) & (b):  Yes, Sir. The Government has approved the National Programme for Civil Services Capacity Building (NPCSCB) - 'Mission Karmayogi' with the objective of enhancing governance through Civil Service Capacity Building.

The 'National Programme for Civil Services Capacity Building'- Mission Karmayogi will have the following six pillars, including the integrated Government Online Training (iGOT):-

I.

- (ii) Cabinet Secretariat Coordination Unit: It will monitor the implementation of NPCSCB, align stakeholders and provide mechanism for overseeing capacity building plans.
- (ii) Capacity Building Commission- It will be set up for functional supervision of training institutions and facilitate in preparation of annual capacity building plans.
- (iii) Special  Purpose  Vehicle  (SPV,  an  autonomous  company)  under  Section  8  of  the Companies  Act,  2013  -  It  will  own  and  operate  all  the  digital  assets  created  for NPCSCB on behalf of the Government of India.
- (v) Programme  Management  Unit  (PMU)  -  It  will  provide  Program  Management  and Support services to the Department.

(c) & (d):   Yes Sir. The policy framework will enable adoption of modern technological tools such as a digital learning platform, Artificial Intelligence, data analytics etc for implementation of the programme.

Some of the principles aimed at upgradation of skills, knowledge and attitude of Civil Servants, included in the proposed policy framework for the Programme are as follows:

1. To  complement  the  Physical  Capacity  Building  approaches  with  the  Online  Training approaches.
2. To calibrate civil service tasks to a Framework of Roles, Activities and Competencies including  skills  approach,  thereby  identifying  the  relevant  behavioural,  functional  and domain needs of individual positions in the Government structure.
3. To  make  available  to  civil  servants,  agnostic  to  their  geographical  location  and  their position in the hierarchy, an opportunity to build capacity and undertake selfimprovement by making available the training content in different languages.
4. To  facilitate  policies  for  empowerment  of  individual  learners  to  acquire  required competencies and follow self-driven as well as mandated learning paths.

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