On 2nd September 2020, The Union Cabinet approved Mission Karmayogi, a scheme for bringing post-recruitment reforms in Civil Services.
Announcing the Cabinet decision, Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar said the scheme was meant to be a comprehensive post-recruitment reform of the Centre’s human resource development, in much the same way as the National Recruitment Agency approved last week is pre-recruitment reform.
What is Mission Karmayogi?
Mission Karmayogi is a nationwide programme to lay the foundation for capacity building of civil servants so they remain entrenched in Indian culture while they learn the best practices across the world. It is also known as National Programme for Civil Services Capacity Building (NPCSCB) with following institutional framework:
- Public Human Resource Council headed by the Prime Minister
- Capacity Building Commission
- Coordination Unit headed by the Cabinet secretary
- Special Purpose Vehicle to own and operate digital assets
- Coordination unit headed by a cabinet secretary
