National Training Scheme

1. National Training Scheme

2. Civil service system in India

3. Introduction • Permanent Civil Service based on merit system through competitive examination introduced in 1854.

4. Features of Civil Services in India • Open-Entry based on competitive examination • Elaborate training • Permanency of tenure • Important posts at Union, State and District level are manned by the Officers recruited through Civil Service Examination • A regular graduated scales of pay, pension and other benefits • A system of promotions predominantly based on seniority and performance.

5. Grouping of Civil Services in India • Civil services can be grouped into 3 broad categories: • Services whose members serve both the Union and the States. These are termed as the All India Services (IAS, IPS & IFoS) • Services whose members serve only the Union Government, are termed as Central Civil services (IRS, IRTS, IAAS, IPoS etc…) • State Governments have their own Civil Services – State Civil Services

6. Training Policy and Practice in India

7. Guided by • National Training Policy , adopted in 1996 and reviewed in 2012. • Training for all • Cadre training Plan • Induction • Mid Career Training Plan • Capacity Building to be Competency based.

8. Competency Framework for the Civil Services Accountability, Transparency, Equity and Inclusiveness, Participatory, Consensus orientation, Following Rule of Law, Effectiveness and Efficiency Ethos • People First • Strategic Thinking • Team-working • Consultation and Consensus Building • Organizational Awareness • Communication Skills • Commitment to the Organization • Ethics • Integrity • Self-Control • Decision Making • Self- Confidence • Attention to Detail Equity • Empathy and Respect • Delegation • Understanding Others Efficiency • Achievement Orientation • Conceptual Thinking • Leading Others • Developing Others • Initiative • Seeking Information • Planning and Coordinating • Desire for Knowledge • Innovative Thinking • Analytical Thinking • Results Orientation Use of Technology Code of Conduct

9. Training Interventions for the Civil Services • Induction training • Mid Career training • Domestic Long Term Public Policy Programmes • Domestic Funding of Foreign Training Scheme- Long term, Short term and Partial Funded Programs • Customised/ tailor Made Programmes on Specific Subjects • Funding to State Training programmes • Intensive Training programme • Distance /E-Learning.

10. Training for Senior Civil Service • At the entry stage officers are imparted training covering general subjects (foundation course) and professional training (relevant to their service). • For All India Service & Group A officers grant of higher scale has been linked to successful completion of training while in service.

11. Training for Senior Civil Services • For Indian Administrative Service(IAS) Officers • Induction training • Mid Career Training Programme • In Service Training Programmes • Long Term Degree Programs at India and Abroad • Short term Programs Abroad.

12. Induction Training • Foundation Course-15 wks • Economics, History, General Principles of Law, Legal Concepts, Rule of Law,Rule of Law, civil and Criminal Courts, Public Administration, New Paradigm in Governance, Principles of Natural justice, CrPC, Culture, project management, Gender Sensitisation, Preventing Corruption, Human Rights, Administrative Laws &Tribunals, Disaster Management. • Phase I- 26 wks • District Administration and its Regulatory role, Land Administration, Decentralisation, Panchayati Raj, Rural and Urban development, Health, Education, Infrastructure, Project Management, Elections, Environment, Public Finance, Leadership and HRM. • District Training- 54 wks • Attachment at District and State Head Quarters, Independent Charges, Language Instructions and Learning. • Phase II-8 wks • Presentations and De-Briefing session on the experience s during district training, foreign exposure and Seminars.

13. Mid Career Training Program-(Mandatory) • Phase III – After 9 years • Project Appraisal, Public Private Partnership Foreign Exposure, Education, Health, Rural Development and Decentralisation, Agriculture, Urban Development, E-Governance and Public Service Delivery, Public Finance, Environment , Energy and Climate Change. • Phase IV-After 16 years • Perspective Building, Public Policy Module, PPP, Health, Decentralisation, Urban , Education, Leadership, Negotiation. Foreign Exposure. • Phase V-After 28 years • Global Perspective on Governance , India’s evolving policy environment and current policy challenges-through talks by experts, policy papers, peer review.

14. In Service training Programs • One wk programs -Areas Covered are: • Policy Analysis and Decision Making • Fighting Corruption • Fiscal Policy and Macro Economic Management • Good Governance • Climate Change and State Preparedness • Infrastructure Finance • Improving Governance through Accountability • Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Urban Development

15. In Service Programs –Contd • Competition Law and Policy for Effective Policy Formulation • Procurement Procedures and Contracting • Ethics and Governance • Financial Market Regulations • Natural Resource Management • Developing Leadership[ Excellence • Ethics in Public Governance • Social Policy AND Governance • Project Analysis and Risk Analysis • Public Policy and Management

16. Long Term Public policy Programs at India. • In India • Post Graduate Program in Public Policy and Management IIM Bangalore -1 year • Post Graduate Diploma in Public Policy and Management at MDI Gurgaon.-15 months • M.A(Public Policy and Sustainable Development ) at TERI University-1 year • Advanced Professional Program in public Administration.(APPA)-1 year

17. Long Term Programs Abroad(DFFT Scheme) –up to 1 year • Overseas Program (DFFT Scheme) • Mason Program at Harvard university • MA International Development Policy - Duke Univ • Master in Public Administration-Maxwell School, LKY School of Public Policy, Hubert H. Humphery Institute , Australian National University, Wagner School. • Master in Public Policy- Cambridge Univ , Blavatnik School • Master in Public Health- John Hopkins University • M.Sc in Public Services Policy and management and M.A. South Asia and Global Security -King’s College • M.Sc in Public Management and Governance and M.Sc in Public Policy and Administration.- LSE London. • M.Sc in Global urban Development-Univ of Manchester • Global Health and Public Policy- Univ of Edinburgh • MA in Public Policy and Management – ISS Hague , Netherlands • Masters in Development Management-AIM Manila

18. Short term programs (DFFT Scheme) • Leaders in Development, Infrastructure in Market Economy, Innovation for Economic Development, Senior Managers in Government, Driving Government Performance, Leadership for 21st Century, Creating Collaborative Solutions, Leadership Decision Making- Harvard Kennedy School • Budgeting and Financial Management, Fiscal Decentralization and Local Governance, Project Appraisal and Risk Management, Tax Analysis and Revenue Forecasting – Duke University • Certificate Programmes on Public Policy/ Administration – University of California Berkley, Maxwell School Syracuse • Executive Development, Collaborative Leadership - OPM- EMDC/WMDC • Finance, Managerial Accounting and Financial Control, Development Economics, Analysis and Management of Financial Risk – LSE Summer School • Leadership and Strategic Thinking - Cambridge University, ANZSOG • Management in the Public Sector, Fighting Corruption – ENA Paris • WTO International Trade and Development - Graduate Institute Geneva

19. Middle Level and Lower Level Training • Primarily catered to by the State level Training Institutes. • Over 600 Training Institutions in India • Approach Adopted: • Development of trainers • Distance Learning • Development of Subject Specific Training modules. • Network of the institutes for sharing of resources.

20. Challenge • The challenge • Large numbers, geographically spread out, remote locations – where the training has to be delivered. • Strategy • Built capacity of Line Managers to impart large scale field training

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