PM Modi to Launch National Learning Week Initiative

On 19th October 2024, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the ‘Karmayogi Saptah‘ National Learning Week (NLW) aimed at enhancing the individual and organizational capacity of civil servants. This initiative, part of the broader ‘Mission Karmayogi’ launched in September 2020, seeks to foster a future-ready civil service that embodies Indian values while maintaining a global outlook.

Objective of NLW

• The NLW aims to reinvigorate commitment to learning and development among civil servants.
• It promotes the “One Government” ethos, aligning participants with national goals and emphasizing the importance of lifelong learning.

Karmayogi Commitment

• Each participant, referred to as a “karmayogi,” is expected to commit to at least four hours of competency-linked learning during the week.
• The participants may complete the targeted hours through a mix of individual role-based modules on iGOT, webinars (public lectures/policy master classes) by eminent persons.

Engagement and Activities

• The week will feature a variety of learning formats, encouraging individual engagement alongside collective participation from ministries, departments, and organizations.
• Eminent speakers will deliver talks and workshops to enhance skills and competencies relevant to citizen-centric service delivery.

Focus on Skill Enhancement

• Ministries and departments will organize seminars and workshops tailored to improve domain-specific competencies, ensuring that civil servants are better equipped to serve the public effectively.

Historical Context

• ‘Mission Karmayogi’ was initiated to build a civil service that is agile, competent, and aligned with the aspirations of the citizens.
• The launch of NLW signifies a significant step in realizing this vision by emphasizing continuous learning and professional growth.

Other Details

About Mission Karmyogi

• The Union government has rolled out the long overdue reform of the Indian bureaucracy. Mission Karmayogi’ – the National Programme for Civil Services Capacity Building (NPCSCB) aims to transform capacity-building in the bureaucracy through institutional and process reforms.
• According to the government, ‘Mission Karmayogi’ envisages to prepare Indian civil servants for the future by making them more creative, constructive, imaginative, innovative, proactive, professional, progressive, energetic, enabling, transparent and technology-enabled.

Need of the Mission

• There is a need to develop domain knowledge besides administrative capacity in the bureaucracy.
• There is a need to formalize the recruitment process and match the public service to a bureaucrat’s competence, so as to find the right person for the right job.
• The plan is to begin right at the recruitment level and then invest in building more capacity through the rest of their career.

How will it work?

• The capacity building programme will be delivered through an Integrated Government Online Training or iGOT-Karmayogi digital platform, with content drawn from global best practices rooted in Indian national ethos.
• The platform will act as a launchpad for the National Programme for Civil Services Capacity Building (NPCSCB), which will enable a comprehensive reform of the capacity building apparatus at the individual, institutional and process levels.

iGOT- Karmayogi platform

• iGOT stands for Integrated Govt. Online training’ (iGOT).
• It is a portal on the Ministry of HRD’s DIKSHA platform for the purpose of capacity building.
• iGOT-Karmayogi is a continuous online training platform, which would allow all government servants from assistant secretary to secretary level to undergo continuous training, depending on their domain areas.
• All kinds of Courses from international universities will be made available on the platform for officers to take.

Summary/Static	Details
Why in the news?	On 19th October 2024, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the ‘Karmayogi Saptah’ National Learning Week (NLW)
Objective of NLW	To enhance civil servants’ individual and organizational capacity through learning and development.
Focus of NLW	Lifelong learning, “One Government” ethos, aligning with national goals, competency development, and citizen-centric service.
Karmayogi Commitment	Participants (“karmayogis”) must commit to at least 4 hours of competency-linked learning during the week.
Learning Methods	Role-based modules on iGOT, webinars, public lectures, policy master classes by eminent persons.
Engagement & Activities	Seminars, workshops, and talks by experts to enhance skills and competencies for effective public service delivery.
About Mission Karmayogi	National Programme for Civil Services Capacity Building (NPCSCB) to reform and enhance Indian bureaucracy’s capacity.
Need of Mission	Develop domain knowledge, match recruitment with competence, and invest in continuous capacity building throughout careers.
iGOT-Karmayogi Platform	Continuous online training platform for all government servants, offering international courses and domain-specific training.