Lok Sabha Question No. 2148 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-02
Subject: Training to Foreign Civil Servants
Ministry: PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
Asked by: Kotha Prabhakar  Reddy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS

## (DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS & PUBLIC GRIEVANCES)

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2148

(TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.08.2023)

## TRAINING TO FOREIGN CIVIL SERVANTS

## 2148. SHRI KOTHA PRABHAKAR REDDY:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the National Centre for Good Governance (NCGG) is expanding its capacity to train more  civil  servants  from  different  countries  with  a  rise  in  demand  for  its programmes such as those in public policy and governance and if so, the details thereof till date along with the funds sanctioned/ spent till now, year-wise;
- (b) whether the NCGG has imparted training to civil servants from other countries and if so, the details thereof, country-wise;
- (c) whether NCGG is expanding capacity to train more foreign officers and if so, the details and present status thereof along with the funds sanctioned/ spent till now, year-wise; and
- (d) the  steps  being  taken  by  the  Government  to  set  up  such  regional  offices/branches  of NCGG in the country including Andhra Pradesh and Telangana?

## 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): Yes  Sir.  National  Centre  for  Good  Governance  (NCGG)  has  been  training  civil  servants from  different  countries.  The  funds  sanctioned/spent  till  now  on  training  of  civil  servants  of different countries, year-wise is as follows:

| Year                     | Funds sanctioned/spent(in Rs.)   |
|--------------------------|----------------------------------|
| 2014-15                  | Rs. 3,24,79,000/-                |
| 2015-16                  | Rs. 3,82,76,000/-                |
| 2016-17                  | Rs. 2,63,01,422/-                |
| 2017-18                  | Rs. 3,17,25,250/-                |
| 2018-19                  | Rs. 79,17,832/-                  |
| 2019-20                  | Rs.4,64,37,450/-                 |
| 2021-22                  | Rs. 1,66,75,200/-                |
| 2022-23                  | Rs.6,92,45,117/-                 |
| 2023-24 (Till July 2023) | Rs. 6,13,67,500/-                |

(b):  The details of training imparted to civil servants from other countries are as follows:

| Name of the country                                               |   Numbers of Participants |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------|
| Bangladesh                                                        |                      2099 |
| Maldives                                                          |                       818 |
| Myanmar                                                           |                        97 |
| Gambia                                                            |                        49 |
| Other African Countries (Kenya, Tanzania, Tunisia and Seychelles) |                        19 |
| Cambodia                                                          |                        30 |

(c):  In  the  year  2023-24,  45  international  capacity  building  programmes  for  training  1750 international  civil  servants  have  been  planned.    Ministry  of  External  Affairs(MEA)  has sanctioned an amount of Rs. 17,60,26,500/- for the capacity building of 1425 international civil servants from  Bangladesh, Cambodia, Mauritius, Sri-Lanka, Myanmar, Gambia, multi-country courses  for  African  Countries,  Forum  for  India-Pacific  Islands  Cooperation (FIPIC)/  Indian Ocean  Rim  Association (IORA) ,  Latin  American  Countries  (LAC)  region  including  one  eIndian  Technical  and  Economic  Cooperation  (ITEC)    course  on  'special  programme  on emerging governance practices'.

(d):  NCGG has a branch office functioning at Mussoorie, Uttarakhand. There is no proposal for setting up regional offices/branches of NCGG in the country.

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