Department of Personnel and Training mulls incentive plans for ministries, departments
NEW DELHI: With the Narendra Modi regime pitching for corporate
work-culture in government departments, the department of personnel and
training (DoPT) may soon write to all Central ministries and departments
to incentivise efficient workers by naming their respective best
employee of the month, organizing "off-site retreats" for the staff and
facilitating their direct interface with the departmental head from time
to time.
Though the incentive plan is already under implementation in the DoPT,
most other ministries and departments are yet to take a cue and
introduce similar norms to motivate their staff by rewarding the
efficient among them.
The DoPT, as part of the initiative, confers the title of "employee of
the month" to the highest achiever, decided by a committee of joint
secretaries of the department. The employee of the month is rewarded a
certificate of excellence by the minister concerned. Also, "off-sites"
or " DoPT retreats" are organised from time to time to discuss ideas and
suggestion in a new and relaxed environment. Suggestions from
employees, irrespective of their seniority, are encouraged through
placement of suggestion boxes at vantage points across the DoPT office.
Besides, the personnel secretary has been meeting deputy secretary and
director-level officers one-one-one, taking their inputs and suggestions
on better functioning of the department.
"This incentive scheme for motivation of staff amounts is nothing but a
stepping stone to corporatization of the government," a senior DoPT
official said adding that the department may now write to other
ministries/departments afresh to introduce similar incentives.
Meanwhile, the DoPT also plans to implement competency-based human
resource management for the higher and middle level official is in
Central government departments. A pilot project is already underway in
the DoPT, which has mapped the required attributes for most departmental
posts and is in the process of matching them with the knowledge,
skills, ethics and attitude of the incumbents. Any gaps will be analysed
and filled through refresher training.
"Until now, the bureaucrats were selected for a post based merely on
their service records. Now, under the competency-based HR management,
the attributes of each senior post in government departments will be
mapped and selection will be based on who matches these attributes
best," a DoPT official said adding that the new system may be introduced
as soon as the DoPT pilot project is complete.
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