The Asian Age: New Delhi: Monday, 28 July 2014.
To develop
efficiency and help bureaucrats adopt a systematic approach, the Directorate of
Union Territory of Civil Services (UTCS) has introduced new short-duration
courses. The UTCS has also organised 298 training programmes this year so far a
record among all top training institutes of the country.
UTCS director
K. Mahesh said the important courses, which are conducted by the UTCS, include
time-bound public service delivery, self-defence for women, basic life support
and first aid, ethics and values in public governance, functions of tehsildars,
protecting the environment Clean Delhi Green Delhi, handling court cases for
pairvy officers, preparation of disaster management plan, team building and group
dynamics and protecting the rights of children.
Mr Mahesh
said that apart from organising the courses, the directorate also took up
DOPT-sponsored trainer development programmes. “These are national-level
programmes in which officers of central and various state governments
participate. Some of the courses conducted were on national training policy,
direct training skills, facilitation skills, training need analysis and
systematic approach to training,” he said. The official said the UTCS also initiated
special lecture series by the eminent personalities of the country for the
Delhi Andaman Nicobar Island Civil Services (DANICS Probationers) and IAS
(Probationers) that benefited the officers of the Delhi government, including
IAS Officers, by enhancing their skills and managerial capacities at the top of
the service.
“The UTCS
also organised 298 training programmes which is a record among all top training
institutes of the country. These training programmes were attended by 7,411
participants in the year 2013-14 on various subjects,” Mr Mahesh.
The director
said that apart from organising the above skill-oriented courses-training
programmes successfully, the UTCS has been awarded with a merit certificate and
cash prize of Rs 5,000 for best practices in the field of RTI by the Himachal
Institute of Public Administration, Shimla sponsored by the department of
personnel and training (DoPT), during the regional workshop on the theme,
“Improving Transparency and Accountability in Government through Effective
Implementation of Right to Information Act, 2005.”
Mr Mahesh
added that in the national PPP capacity-building programme under the department
of economic affairs, the Government of India, the UTCS was awarded with a
shield for exemplary performance in developing the state PPP trainer cadre at
the award ceremony organised as part of the NPCBP workshop on March 4 this
year.
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