I&B Ministry officers’ salaries to remain on maintain till completion of iGOT on-line coaching programme

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Clearance of wage has been linked to the necessary completion of Built-in Authorities On-line Coaching (iGOT) programs, with the Ministry of Info and Broadcasting issuing an workplace memorandum on Monday (November 18, 2024) stating that “wage of their officers might be cleared solely upon completion of necessary iGOT programs”.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi not too long ago launched the 2024 Nationwide Studying Week (NLW), also called Karmayogi Saptah, aimed toward growing expertise of civil servants in India.

iGOT is an internet studying platform that gives coaching to authorities staff in India. The platform is a part of the Digital India stack and is being developed to allow studying anytime, wherever, and on any system.

In response to the memorandum “all Principal Accounts Places of work (PAOs) of Ministry of Info and Broadcasting are directed to clear the wage payments of solely these officers who’ve been licensed by the Drawing and Disbursing Officer and Head of Workplace relating to their completion of necessary iGOT programs. In different circumstances, the place the certificates aren’t supplied, wage payments could also be saved on maintain until additional orders.’’

In response to info launched by the Central Authorities the aim of the programme is to remodel the civil providers to being extra responsive, competent, and future-ready. 

As a part of this, a number of programmes are being provided, together with talks by specialists from numerous fields on subjects together with governance, AI, start-up ecosystems, and so on., and programmes fostering collaboration and collective studying. Staff who full a sure variety of programs on the iGOT Karmayogi portal are recognised with the ‘Adarsh Karmayogi Award’.

The Karmayogi Saptah – Nationwide Studying Week, was held from October 19 to November 14 as per a Ministry launch.

The Central authorities in its launch added that they’ve acquired extraordinary response, with a collective dedication from all Ministries, departments, and Civil Service Coaching Institutes for the programme.

“The occasion noticed a complete of 45.4 lakh course enrolments, 32.5 lakh course completions, and an astounding 38.5 lakh hours of studying. In whole, 7.45 lakh civil servants participated, with 4.21 lakh finishing the goal of 4 hours of competency-linked studying,’’ the discharge mentioned.