The World Bank has confirmed in a recent press release that it has approved a $47 million project to support the Government of India's ¡®Mission Karmayogi¡¯, a national program to build civil service capacity.
There are reportedly nearly 18 million civil servants employed across India, with approximately two-thirds at the state government and local authority levels.
"While India has steadily improved its performance over the past decade, through the implementation of Mission Karmayogi the Government aims to make the country's civil service force more future-ready and capable of meeting twenty-first-century challenges," as per its press release.?
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This $47 million financing by World Bank, which provides financial assistance to its 189 member nations, aims to support the Indian Government's objectives of enhancing the functional and behavioural competencies of approximately 4 million civil servants.?
The $47 million loan will be given by World Bank¡¯s lending arm, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), and will have a final maturity of 11 years, including a grace period of 4.5 years.
The program will focus on 3 components- the development and implementation of competency frameworks; the development of an integrated learning platform; and program monitoring, evaluation, and management.
For the uninitiated, the?Indian govt¡¯s National Programme for Civil Services Capacity Building ('NPCSCB') - "Mission Karmayogi" was launched in 2020.
Vikram Menon, the World Bank's Task Team Leader for the project, said "The project will support Mission Karmyogi by developing competency frameworks for Central Ministries, Departments and Agencies, developing an online training platform that can deliver targeted training content and evaluate and measure the effectiveness of training delivered", as per World Bank's press release.?
He added, "This will contribute towards building new capabilities within the public sector in India."
Hideki Mori, Operations Manager & Acting Country Director, India, World Bank said "India's public sector performance is critical to building back better from the impacts of Covid-19 and to achieving its growth and inclusion targets. There is a well-established connection between institutional quality and economic growth - strong public institutions underpin successful economic growth and development."
The $47 million projects is aligned with the India Country Partnership Framework (CPF) FY18-22 which includes strengthening public sector institutions as one of the four areas of engagement for the World Bank in India.?
The project is also aligned with the World Bank's twin goals of ending extreme poverty and building shared prosperity, as building the capabilities of government officials to implement policy priorities and deliver effective services is critical to the achievement of these aims.
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