New Delhi, March 12 : Union Minister of State Dr Jitendra Singh, Sunday addressed the 124th Induction Training Programme (ITP) of State/UT officers recently inducted into the IAS.
The group of 131 officers belonged to 18 different States and 6 UTs cadres, and 7 of them belonged to Jammu and Kashmir.
Director, Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie, K.Srinivas was also present on the occasion.
In his address, the Singh, who is also In-Charge DoPT and IAS Academy Mussoorie, reiterated the use of governance tools based on the latest technology, including Artificial Intelligence (AI).
He said, the Civil Services Officers are now being trained and equipped with latest Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools and Data Analytics to enable them with skills that are vital to the effective performance in the administrative context.
Under the "Mission Karmayogi", the course has been so structured that domain, functional and behavioural inputs are woven into the course design, he said.
In view of the success of 'Mission Karmayogi' programme in improving Good Governance and reaching out public services and Central Government’s welfare schemes to the public at large, Dr Jitendra Singh said the Government may consider designing such a training module on the lines of the ITP for other Central & State Government employees as well.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is of the firm belief that the Civil Services is an important pivot in implementing the Government’s welfare schemes and providing the benefits to the common man, he said.