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MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES & PENSIONS
5.20.2In the current year, the project has been extended to all the remaining States and
hence all the States in the country are now implementing the project activities
through their respective State Administrative Training Institutes. On 26 September,
2008 a regional workshop of the project was convened at the State Institute of
Public Administration and Rural Development, Agartala.
Participants of regional workshop held at SIPARD, Agartala
DOMESTIC FUNDING OF FOREIGN TRAINING
5.21 Department of Personnel and Training has been nominating officers for training
programmes abroad. In the past, these programmes were funded by bilateral or
multilateral assistance. However, over the years, such assistance has come down.
Keeping in view the importance and benefits of providing international exposure to
the officers, a scheme of Domestic Funding of Foreign Training (DFFT) was started
in 2001. This covers both long term and short-term training in various universities/
institutes in several countries. A scheme of “partial funding of foreign study” has
also been started since 2002-03 as another component of the scheme of DFFT.
5.21.1During the current financial year i.e. 2008-09, 45 officers (including 9 lady officers)
have been deputed for long term foreign training programmes. As regards short
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