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MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES & PENSIONS
CHAPTER – 5
TRAINING POLICYAND PROGRAMMES
5. The Training Division of the Department of Personnel and Training is the nodal
agency for training of government functionaries and is primarily responsible for
formulating policies with regard to the training. It also implements certain components
of training directly.
OBJECTIVES OF TRAINING DIVISION
5.1 The objectives of the Training Division are as under:-
• Administering policy matters in training
• Identification of functional areas of training
• Designing and implementing training programs for officers involved in the
priority development sectors
• Development of trainers and training capability
5.2 In its various activities the Training Division is guided by the National Training Policy
formulated in April 1996. The ultimate goal prescribed in the National Training Policy
is to attain “Training for All” which means that training would be imparted to all
rungs of the Civil Services starting from the lowest and cutting-edge to the highest
in policy making. Accordingly, the Department of Personnel and Training has taken
up a number of programmes to address the training needs of different levels of
Government employees.
MAJORACTIVITIES
1) In-service Training of IAS Officers
2) Mid Career Training of IAS Officers
3) Domestic Funding of Foreign Training
4) Post Graduate Programmes in Public Policy
5) Training Support
6) Intensive Training Programme
7) Augmentation of the Capacity of training institutions
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