Under the ambitious ‘Mission Karmyogi’ Project of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, announced in September 2020, the Government of India is looking forward to hiring a leading HR consultancy firm in helping in revamping the competence of the bureaucracy of the country.
To start off, the consultant will be asked to study the organisational structures and the work allocation documents of seven key ministries or departments of the Government of India – namely, the Ministry of Finance (Department of Economic Affairs), the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, the Ministry of Rural Development, the Ministry of Health, NHAI, Ministry of Environment and Forests, and Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT). The Health Ministry has been under focus during the COVID crisis and the Department of Economic Affairs in Finance Ministry is an important one in the Centre.
The DoPT department has even issued a Request for Proposal (RFP), two days prior to hire a private consultant with extensive experience in HR consulting and competency development.
The brief for the consultant is to design and develop an FRAC (Framework of Roles, Activities & Competencies) for the central government with a focus on molding a “fit-for-future civil service” that can deliver to larger social and economic mandates. The bidder will be required to carry out “end to end FRACing exercise” for Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions (DoPT) and Ministry of Finance (Department of Economic Affairs), the document specifies.
“Through the FRAC, officials will have visibility of the roles, activities and competencies required to effectively deliver on the outcomes expected from them with respect to their current or future positions in government. This will enable establishment of testing arrangements to assess the extent to which a person occupying a position has these competencies and consequently determine the competency gaps that need to be addressed. Largely, this will be done through iGOT Karmayogi, an online comprehensive learning platform cum marketplace to deliver online training, linked to FRAC,” the document says.
