Mines Ministry Confers ‘Adarsh Karmayogi Awards’
Mines Ministry Confers : Mission Karmayogi National Program is a flagship programme of Government of India for training of civil servants, which intends to transform the Civil Services from ‘Rule Based’ to ‘Role Based’ way of functioning and Citizen Centric. Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has recently on 19th October inaugurated the National Learning Week ‘Karmayogi Saptah’(कर्मयोगी सप्ताह) which spans from 19th October, to 25th October, 2024.
On the 3rd day of National Learning Week, 13 employees who completed over 100 courses on the iGOT Karmayogi portal, were felicitated “Adarsh Karmayogi Awards” by Union Minister of Coal & Mines, Shri G Kishan Reddy and Union Minister of State for Coal and Mines, Shri Satish Chandra Dubey on 21st October, 2024. This recognition aims to encourage Ministry of Mines’ employees to embrace lifelong learning under Mission Karmayogi. This initiative strengthens the Government’s commitment to enhancing citizen-centric services through capacity building.
All the 13 employees belong to following organizations under the administrative control of Ministry of Mines:
- Geological Survey of India, Attached Office (8)
- Hindustan Copper Limited, PSU (3)
- Indian Bureau of Mines, Subordinate Office (2)
iGOT Karmayogi portal has revolutionized the training opportunities of civil servants of India under Mission Karmayogi. Any official, holding any post, can now access wide range of courses beyond their physically allocated training, tailored to their interests and career aspirations from anywhere, anytime. The lower rung officials of the Ministry viz; Ms. Layeeka Sultana, a Multitasking Staff and Shri Manoj Kumar Meena, Driver completing 131 and 109 courses on iGOT portal is a testimony to this fact.
Embarking upon the program Mission Karmayogi, Ministry of Mines had onboarded 100% of its employees on IGoT Karmayogi portal in December 2023 itself. Ministry also adopted Capacity Building Program for all its employees with effect from 1st January 2024 and since then has successfully completed its 3 quarters. Despite being a small ministry, Ministry of Mines achieved 100% course completion in the last three quarters, and has been ranked one of the Top Performers among the Ministry/Department/Organisations (MDOs) by the Capacity Building Commission (CBC). All the organisations under the Ministry of Mines are also performing extremely well. IBM has been ranked as the No. 1 performer amongst the top MDOs (in the 500 to 1000 users category) and GSI has been ranked as the No. 2 amongst the top MDOs (in the 1000 to 10000 users category) in the month of September, 2024.