Context:
On Good Governance Day, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions launched Extended Version of Mission Karmayogi.
Good Governance Day is celebrated on 25th December in honour of former Prime Minister Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee to promote citizen-centric, efficient and transparent governance and improve service delivery.
Mission Karmayogi:
- A National Programme for Civil Services Capacity Building
- Aims at building a future-ready civil service with right attitude (innovative, professional, etc.), skills (technology enabled) and knowledge aligned to the vision of New India.
- New features launched on Mission Karmayogi platform –
- My iGOT: Delivers targeted training courses of individual officer.
- Blended Programs: Facilitate equitable access to training methodologies across all levels and integrates offline classroom courses with online learning components.
- VIKAS (Variable & Immersive Karmayogi Advanced Support): New blended learning programme for management of civil servants in Central Secretariat at Institute of Secretariat Training and Management (ISTM)
- Curated Programs: Cater diverse learning needs of Ministries/Departments and Training Institutions. 12 domain-specific capacity building e-learning courses have been developed.
Institute of Secretariat Training and Management (ISTM) which was established in 1948, a premier Central Training Institution in training of officers working in the Central Secretariat, State Governments/Union Territories, Public Sector Enterprises (PSEs) and Autonomous Bodies.
iGOT – Karmayogi platform:
- iGOT stands for – Integrated Government Online Training
- A continuous online training platform, which would allow all government servants from assistant secretary to secretary level to undergo continuous training
- Governed by – ‘Karmayogi Bharat’ (wholly-owned Special Purpose Vehicle)
- Set up as “not-for-profit” under Section 8 of the Companies Act, 2013.
- Portal on DIKSHA platform of Ministry of Human Resource Development
- All kinds of Courses from international universities will be made available.
Source: The Hindu
Previous Year Question
With reference to Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana, consider the following statements:
1. It is the flagship scheme of the Ministry of Labour and Employment.
2. It, among other things will also impart training in soft skills, entrepreneurship, financial and digital literacy.
3. It aims to align the competencies of the unregulated workforce of the country to the National Skill Qualification Framework.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
[UPSC Civil Services Exam – 2018 Prelims]
(a) 1 and 3 only
(b) 2 only
(c) 2 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2, and 3
Answer: (c)
Explanation:
It is the flagship scheme of the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (MSDE). Hence, statement 1 is not correct.
