21/09/2020 - Governance

KEY POINTS

·         Mission Karmayogi is meant to bring transformational changes by organically linking the transformation of work culture, strengthening public institutions and adopting modern technology to build capacity with the overall aim of ensuring efficient delivery of services to citizens.

·         It proposes a PM-led HR Council to approve and monitor capacity building plans. It also proposes a capacity building commission to ensure a uniform approach to managing and regulating the capacity building ecosystem on a collaborative basis. It is to assist the PM Public Human Resource Council in approving the Annual Capacity Building Plans among others.

·         There will also be a coordination unit headed by the Cabinet Secretary. The official statement added that recognising this unique opportunity to drive citizen-centricity through a competency-driven HR Management policy, which aims to assign the ‘right person’ to the ‘right role’.

·         In the long run, the programme will not be dependent on funding from government or multilateral agencies.Even though the government will hold extensive discussions with national and international experts in designing the programme structure, they will not decide the form or policies.

·         The government believes that capacity building of the Civil Services is central to any Civil Services Reform and such a critical initiative warrants monitoring and guidance at the highest levels of executive leadership.

·         At the core of the programme is the development of a Civil Service Competency Framework — FRAC (Framework of Roles, Activities and Competencies) — which will contain the competency requirements for every role. The learning records of the officials will signal their existing competency details. Matching the two will help to identify the right person with the right competencies for the right job.