Govt plans to cut IAS officers induction training tenure

The Centre today proposed to reduce the tenure of induction training programme for IAS officers from the present eight to six weeks.
"The duration of induction training programme for officers inducted into Indian Administrative Service (IAS) is presently of 8 weeks and now it has been proposed to reduce it from 8 weeks to 6 weeks," the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) said in an order.
The move is based on the recommendation of Kiran Agarwal committee.
The department has sought views of the state governments on the proposed amendments by April 24.
"If no reply is received by the stipulated date in this department, it will be presumed that the state governments have no objections to the proposed amendment," it said.

The DoPT is also considering to reduce the training duration for IAS officers by at least six-months from present about two years. It is examining the reply received from state governments in this regard.
In another order, the Centre has decided that there will be no mandatory induction training for state civil services officers inducted into IAS with less than one year of service.
"It has now been decided with the approval, of competent authority that the officers inducted into IAS with less than one year of service as on July 1, 2016 may be exempted from the requirement of undergoing induction training," the DoPT said.