The Indian Government is to hire a leading human resources (HR) consultancy firm to help it overhaul the bureaucracy.
In a statement, the Government said the firm’s brief will be to “study the organisational structures and the work allocation documents of seven key Ministries and Departments”.
The HR consultancy is to be part of Prime Minister, Narendra Modi’s continuing Mission Karmayogi, aimed at preparing the Public Service for future challenges.
The Ministries and Departments to be studied by the yet-to-be-appointed HR consultancy will be the Ministry of Finance; Department of Economic Affairs; the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology; the Ministry of Rural Development; the Ministry of Health; Ministry of Environment and Forests; and Department of Personnel and Training.
The Government said the consultancy would design and develop a Framework of Roles, Activities and Competencies (FRAC) for the Government with a focus on preparing a “fit-for-future” Public Service.
“The unique challenges and opportunities in India, along with an unprecedented digital penetration and IT literate workforce, have necessitated creation of a framework that is unique to the world and has not been attempted before,” the Government said.
“The FRAC will map the roles and activities corresponding to every Government position with their desired competencies across behavioural attributes, functional skills and domain knowledge,” it said.
The Government said that through the FRAC, officials would have visibility of the roles, activities, and competencies required to effectively deliver on the outcomes expected from them.
New Delhi, 2 June 2021
