New Delhi, The next phase of Mission Karmayogi will have a sharper focus on institutionalising the capacity building reforms initiated under the National Programme for Civil Services Capacity Building , the chairperson of the Capacity Building Commission , S Radha Chauhan, said on Monday.
Launched in 2020, the NPCSCB, popularly known as Mission Karmayogi, marked a major shift in the training architecture for government employees. It sought to move capacity building from episodic training programmes to a more structured, role-based, and competency-driven system rooted in Indian ethos and aligned with national priorities.
The proposed programme "will be a leap" in the aspirations that "we have for Viksit Bharat". The CBC, which is the custodian of the Mission Karmayogi framework, has in the past few years helped set up the foundational practices, frameworks, and institutional mechanisms needed for a new capacity building ecosystem.
The next phase seeks to institutionalise these reforms so that capacity building becomes an integral part of government functioning, rather than a stand-alone training activity, she said, adding that this would mean embedding learning into roles, governance priorities, systems, processes, and institutional culture across ministries, departments, states, and frontline agencies.
Chauhan said the quality of learning available to public servants has been standardised through the programme. A public servant in Bhopal, Thiruvananthapuram, or Nagaland can access the same quality of learning content because it is available on iGOT, and standardisation has been ensured.
The next stage will go beyond access to quality learning. It will focus on how individual capacities developed through Mission Karmayogi can translate into improved organisational performance, the CBC chief said. This is especially important in an era of rapidly evolving technology and artificial intelligence, where public institutions need not only trained individuals, but also adaptive systems, modern processes, data-driven decision-making, and institutional cultures that can absorb new capabilities.
Chauhan said a key priority will be preparing public servants and government institutions for an AI-enabled governance ecosystem, and the commission is working towards further developing the capacity of civil servants to deal with an artificial intelligence-led agentic ecosystem.
The learnings and reform solutions emerging from Mission Karmayogi are now drawing international interest with some countries showing interest in adopting the programme's approach. The commission is also exploring how India's capacity-building platform and governance structures can be shared globally as a digital public good for capacity building.
