Ker's new training policy to make govt employees ethical
The state's apex training body -- the Institute of Management in Government (IMG) has started implementing the 'Training Policy 2017' with focus on building a citizen centric, corrupt-free, transparent and efficient public service delivery system.
The Kerala government has come out with a new training policy to ensure excellence in governance and make about six lakh civil servants of the state competent, ethical and well-behaved.
The state's apex training body -- the Institute of Management in Government (IMG) has started implementing the 'Training Policy 2017' with focus on building a citizen centric, corrupt-free, transparent and efficient public service delivery system.
According to a new circular issued by IMG director Jacob Thomas, capacity building of government employees would be done from the cutting edge level to the highest level of policy making under the new policy.
To achieve the target, the agency would associate with institutes such as Indian Institute of Management, Indian Institute of Technology, National Institute of Rural Development and Indian Institute of Public Administration and so on for senior level of training programmes.
"The policy is aimed at creating a corruption-free civil service and make it more citizen-centric. At present, our government service is more bureaucratic and executive centric," Thomas, who took charge as the director of the institute last month, told
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