Question: ‘COMMIT’ – Comprehensive Online Modified Modules on Induction Training, will be launched launched in …. States on a pilot basis.
(a) 4
(b) 5
(c) 6
(d) 8
Ans: (c)
Related facts:-
- On 29 June, 2017, the minister of state for North-Eastern Development, PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances and Pension, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr. Jitendra Singh organized a new training program ‘COMMIT’ (Comprehensive online Modified Modules on Induction Training) for the state government officials.
- The objective of this new training program is to improve public service delivery system and to provide citizen centric administration by increasing the efficiency of the officers.
- During the current financial year 2017-18, this training program will be started in 6 states- Assam, Haryana, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana and West Bengal, and in the coming year, there is a target to implement it throughout India.
- The COMMIT program has been developed by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) in collaboration with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP).
- This program will supplement the 12-day INT (Induction Training Program) launched in 2014-15.
- Under this program, approximately 74,000 state government officials will be trained in the financial year 2017-18.
Related Links:-
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=166988
http://delhincrnews.in/2017/06/30/govt-launches-commit-for-training-of-state-government-officials/