<keyword id="6358815" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="tech" source="Orion">Tech</keyword> giant <keyword id="10387" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="microsoft" source="Orion">Microsoft</keyword> on Wednesday partnered with the <keyword id="3029683" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="union-ministry-of-skill-development" source="Orion">Union Ministry of Skill Development</keyword> and Entrepreneurship (<keyword id="2952126" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="msde" source="Orion">MSDE</keyword>), and Capacity Building Commission (CBC) to enhance the functional computer literacy of nearly 2.5 million civil servants of the <keyword id="6378065" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="central" source="Orion">Central</keyword> government. The project -- Capacity Building by MSDE in Microsoft Digital Productivity Skills -- will digitally empower them to provide efficient and effective citizen-centric services to the vulnerable and underprivileged sections of society. "Through this programme, we are aiming to empower central government employees on key digital skills and amplify the vision of Digital India," Ashutosh Chadha, <keyword id="231267" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="group-head" source="Orion">Group Head</keyword> and Director, Government Affairs, Microsoft India "This initiative will not only drive more productivity but will also enable ease of doing business with more digital solutions," Chadha added. Within the project, the training will include job roles such as Section Officers, Assistant Section Officers, Clerks, Upper Division Clerks, Lower Division Clerks, Under Secretaries, Deputy Secretaries, and equivalent officers at senior, junior and supporting levels in the central government entities. CBC has undertaken the capacity-building plans for the ministries of Defence, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Expenditure, Finance, Social Justice, Civil Aviation, Ports and Shipping, and Labour. As part of the collaboration, Microsoft will develop an online, self-paced learning course on Microsoft Office 365 digital productivity suite offerings for MSDE, enabling MSDE to provide digital skills training to the officials in central government ministries and departments. The courses will be created under two categories -- Beginners and Advanced courses of 12 hours duration each -- and the learners would be enabled with access to Advanced course after receiving the certificate of completion in the Beginners course. "Our aim is to develop citizen-friendly and business-friendly policies. Technology has become an integral part of our everyday lives, Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint are now an essential component of our work life," <keyword id="234155" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="rajesh-aggarwal" source="Orion">Rajesh Aggarwal</keyword>, Secretary, MSDE, said in a statement. "Therefore, it is imperative that our workforce is trained in these programmes, and I am certain that with this alliance, we will be able to make <keyword id="9868764" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="mission-karmayogi" source="Orion">Mission Karmayogi</keyword>, a successful scheme," Aggarwal added. SEE ALSO : <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/auto/news/hyundai-launched-its-premium-suv-tucson-in-india-with-automated-sensing-technology/slidelist/93473904.cms">Hyundai launched its premium SUV Tucson in India with automated sensing technology - check details here</a> <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/news/healthy-household-balance-sheets-will-push-auto-consumer-goods-sales-morgan-stanley/articleshow/93473239.cms">Healthy household balance sheets will push auto, consumer goods sales: Morgan Stanley</a>

Microsoft joins hands with MSDE, CBC to train 2.5 mn civil servants in India

<ul><li>A sum of ₹510.86 crores will be spent over five years to cover 46 lakh central employees from 2020-21 to 2024-25 under <keyword id="9868764" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Mission-Karmayogi">Mission Karmayogi</keyword>. </li><li>Under this mission, the government will be providing mid-career training to civil servants. </li><li>An integrated government online training platform - iGOTKarmayogi - will be set up for the Mission. </li></ul>The Union Cabinet approved the ‘Mission Karmayogi’ programme on September 2, which aims to reform and <keyword id="9876588" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="upskill-civil-servants">upskill civil servants</keyword> across the country and prepare them for the future. This programme is expected to cost ₹510.86 crores over next five years, and will cover 46 lakh central employees. Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday that 'Mission Karmayogi', a major bureaucratic reform exercise approved by the Union Cabinet, will "radically" improve the government's human resource management practices. <div type="twitter" handle="narendramodi" handlename="Narendra Modi" image="http://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1249934092994375680/xX66NSZP_normal.jpg" favoritecount="40168" retweetcount="7252" status="#MissionKarmayogi - National Program for Civil Services Capacity Building approved in today’s cabinet will radicall… https://t.co/vlC5qnRNyy" createdat="1599052296000" id="1301145754090631170"></div>This reform is a step towards improving and strengthening the infrastructure for Civil Servants - IPS, IFS, IAS, and IRS officers of India. <keyword id="9869319" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="what-is-mission-karmayogi">What is Mission Karmayogi</keyword>? Mission Karmayogi <a href="https://indianexpress.com/article/india/mission-karmayogi-govts-massive-plan-to-train-skill-have-ideal-civil-servants-6580920/">aims to prepare</a> the Indian civil servants for the future by making them more creative, constructive, imaginative, innovative, proactive, professional, progressive, energetic, enabling, transparent and technology-enabled, said the statement issued by the Personnel Ministry. Under this mission, the government will be providing mid-career training to civil servants. The training which was earlier available for only All India Services will now be compulsory for all officers at all levels. It will build future-ready civil service with the right attitude, skills and knowledge, aligned to the vision of new India, according to a presentation given during the media briefing by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) Secretary C Chandramouli. The mission will be based on six pillars — Policy Framework, Institutional Framework, Competency Framework, Digital Learning Framework, The electrical Human Resource Management System, The Monitoring and Evaluation Framework How will Mission Karmayogi work? <ul><li>An integrated government online training platform - iGOTKarmayogi - will be set up for the Mission. The <a href="https://indianexpress.com/article/india/mission-karmayogi-govts-massive-plan-to-train-skill-have-ideal-civil-servants-6580920/">iGOT-Karmayogi platform brings</a> the scale and state-of-the-art infrastructure to augment the capacities of over two crore officials in India. </li></ul><ul><li><a href="http://newsonair.com/News?title=Cabinet-approves-Mission-Karmayogi---National-Programme-for-Civil-Services-Capacity-Building&amp;id=398871">There will be a Public Human Resources Council</a> consisting of select Union Ministers, Chief Ministers, eminent public HR practitioners, thinkers, global thought leaders and public service functionaries under the chairmanship of the Prime Minister. The council will serve as the apex body for providing strategic direction to the task of civil services reform and its capacity building. </li><li>The government has proposed to set up a Capacity Building Commission to manage capacity building ecosystem.The Commission will also come out with an Annual State of Civil Service Report.” </li><li>There will be a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) for owning and operating the digital assets and technological platform for online training and a coordination unit headed by the Cabinet Secretary for the program. </li></ul>(With inputs from PTI) SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/finance/banks/news/interim-relief-from-supreme-court-on-loan-moratorium-says-banks-must-not-declare-accounts-as-npas-for-two-months/articleshow/77910763.cms">Interim relief from Supreme Court on loan moratorium — says banks must not declare accounts as NPAs for two months</a>

What is Mission Karmayogi — Modi government’s reform to upskill civil servants in India

New Delhi, Feb 1 (PTI) Over Rs 288 crore has been allocated to the Personnel Ministry for the next fiscal for training of bureaucrats, both in India and abroad, and augmenting necessary infrastructure, according to the Union Budget 2022-23 presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday. Besides this, an outlay of Rs 44.25 crore has been made under "administrative reforms and pensioners' scheme" for 2022-23, which includes provision for Department of Administrative Reforms &amp; Public Grievances scheme for modernisation of government offices, and pilot projects on administrative reforms which consists of promotion of e-governance, fostering of good governance, learning from success, sevottam etc. Of the total allocation of Rs 288.14 crore for the next financial year, Rs 210.75 crore has been earmarked for upgradation of the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA) in Mussoorie to a centre of excellence, augmentation of training facilities at the Delhi-based Institute of Secretariat Training and Management (ISTM) and the National Programme for Civil Services &amp; Capacity Building -- Mission Karmayogi. The LBSNAA and the ISTM conduct several training programmes for Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers and all other levels of secretarial functionaries with exposure to latest rules, regulations and aptitude. The Union Cabinet had in September 2020 given nod to the Mission Karmayogi, dubbed as the biggest bureaucratic reform initiative, aimed at capacity building to make government employees more "creative, proactive, professional and technology-enabled". A total of Rs 77.39 crore has been provided to the ministry for 2022-23 to meet establishment-related expenditure of the ISTM, the LBSNAA and training division of the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT). The ministry has a revised budget of Rs 208.72 crore for 2021-22 for these purposes. A sum of Rs 399.20 crore has been allocated for the next fiscal under the "autonomous bodies of DoPT" head. The provision includes grants-in-aid assistance to Grih Kalyan Kendra, the Central Civil Services Cultural &amp; Sports Board and the National Recruitment Agency (NRA). The ministry has a revised budget of Rs 65.4 crore for 2021-22 under this head. The Union Cabinet had in August 2020 decided to set up the NRA, a multi-agency body, for conducting a Common Eligibility Test (CET) to screen or shortlist candidates for the Group B and C (non-technical) posts in the central government. The Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT), which are entrusted with the redressal of grievances of public servants, have been allocated Rs 159 crore for 2022-23 to meet establishment-related expenditure. "This also includes provision for purchase of land and construction of building for various benches of CAT," the Budget document says. It has been given Rs 133 crore for the current financial year, as per the revised estimates for 2021-22. The Staff Selection Commission (SSC), which conducts various recruitment examination for central government jobs, has been allocated Rs 263 crore for 2022-23. It has the revised estimated budget of Rs 374.36 crore for the ongoing fiscal. An outlay of Rs 29.45 crore has been made for the next fiscal for the Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA) and National Centre for Good Governance (NCGG). PTI AKV AKV TDS TDS

Budget: Over Rs 288 cr for training of babus in India, abroad; Rs 44 cr for administrative reforms

New Delhi, Feb 1 () Over Rs 257 crore has been allocated to the Personnel Ministry for the next financial year for domestic and foreign training of bureaucrats and augmenting necessary infrastructure, according to the Budget 2021-22 presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday. Of the total allocation of Rs 257.35 crore for 2021-22, Rs 178.32 crore has been earmarked for upgradation of the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA) in Mussoorie to a centre of excellence, augmentation of training facilities at the Delhi-based Institute of Secretariat Training and Management (ISTM), and the National Programme for Civil Services &amp; Capacity Building -- Mission Karmayogi, among others. The LBSNAA and the ISTM conduct several training programmes for Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers and all other levels of secretarial functionaries with exposure to rules, regulations and aptitude. The Union Cabinet had in September last year given nod to the Mission Karmayogi, dubbed as the biggest bureaucratic reform initiative, aimed at capacity building to make government employees more "creative, proactive, professional and technology-enabled". A total of Rs 79.03 crore has been provided for to the ministry for 2021-22 to meet establishment-related expenditure of the ISTM, the LBSNAA and training division of the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT). A sum of Rs 136.69 crore has been allocated under the "autonomous bodies of DoPT" head. The provision includes grants-in-aid assistance to Grih Kalyan Kendra, the Central Civil Services Cultural &amp; Sports Board and the National Recruitment Agency (NRA). The Union Cabinet had in August 2020 decided to set up the NRA, a multi-agency body, for conducting a Common Eligibility Test (CET) to screen or shortlist candidates for the Group B and C (non-technical) posts in the central government. The Central Administrative Tribunals (CATs), which are entrusted with the redressal of grievances of public servants, have been allocated Rs 122.03 crore for 2021-22 to meet establishment-related expenditure. "This also includes provision for purchase of land and construction of building for various benches of CAT," the Budget document says.It has been given Rs 121.03 crore for the current financial year, as per the revised estimates for 2020-21. The Staff Selection Commission (SSC), which conducts various recruitment examination for central government jobs, has been allocated Rs 382.59 crore for 2021-22 to meet establishment-related expenditure, including those on the conduct of examinations for recruitment of staff in central ministries or departments. It has the revised estimated budget of Rs 382.40 crore for the current fiscal. AKV AKV TIR TIR

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Microsoft joins hands with MSDE, CBC to train 2.5 mn civil servants in India

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