More than Rs 334 crore has been allocated to the personnel ministry for the next fiscal to train government employees, both in the country and abroad, and augment necessary training related to infrastructure, according to the Union Budget 2025-26 presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday.
A sum of Rs 100 crore has been earmarked for administrative reforms.
The provision is meant for modernisation of government offices, pilot projects on administrative reforms, which comprises promotion of e-governance, fostering of good governance and also comprehensive system for redressal of public grievances, among others.
Out of the total allocation of Rs 334.45 crore for the 2025-26 fiscal, Rs 105.99 crore is to meet establishment-related expenditure for the "Training Division, Institute of Secretariat Training and Management (ISTM) and Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA)", Rs 118.46 for "Training Schemes" and Rs 110 crore for "National Programme for Civil Services Capacity Building" or "Mission Karmayogi".
Mission Karmayogi, dubbed as the biggest bureaucratic reform initiative, is aimed at making government employees more "creative, proactive, professional and technology-enabled".
The provision of Rs 105.99 crore includes establishment related expenditure of Delhi-based ISTM, Mussoorie-based Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA) and the training division of the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), according to the Budget documents.
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