19.23 lakh UP personnel registered on iGOT portal, Home Dept

and Basic and Secondary Education completed more than 1 crore courses each

Basic and Secondary Education Dept received second prize, Addl Chief Secretary

Parth Sarathi Sen Sharma and Director General of School Education Monica Rani

received honour

Higher Education Dept secured first position in Category 'B' in entire state,

Addl Chief Secretary Amit Ghosh received honour

Handloom and Textiles Dept won first prize in Category 'C', Principal Secretary

Anil Kumar Sagar received honour

Lucknow, 23 Oct (HS): Uttar Pradesh has secured the first position in the

entire country due to its excellent performance in the effective implementation

of 'Mission Karmayogi' and continuous capacity building of public servants.

Uttar Pradesh was honored with the prestigious first place award at the

national level in the 'Northern Regional Workshop' organized jointly by Dr. Ram

Manohar Lohia Uttar Pradesh Academy of Administration and Management (UPAM) and

Capacity Building Commission (CBC) of the Government of India. Rajasthan

secured the second position and the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir

secured the third position in this national ranking. With this proud

achievement, Uttar Pradesh has once again proved its leading role in the

country in good governance, modern administrative efficiency and continuous

training of personnel.

At the ceremony, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath honored the

relevant departments, senior officials, and training institutions for this

historic achievement. On behalf of Uttar Pradesh, UPAM Director General M.

Devraj, Director Sanjay Kumar, and Additional Director and Nodal Officer Sunil

Kumar Chaudhary received the honor from the Chief Minister.

Under Mission Karmayogi, administrative capacity development has been given top

priority in Uttar Pradesh. More than 19.23 lakh officers and employees of Uttar

Pradesh are registered on the Central Government's 'iGOT Karmayogi' digital

platform, of which more than 99 percent are actively receiving online training.

Additionally, under the 'Unnati' initiative, more than 350 training institutes

in the state have been successfully registered. Innovative initiatives such as

'Sadhana Saptah', 'Nirbhay Netri', 'Nirbhay Chetna', 'Kaushal Setu', and

'Kaushal Sarathi' have played an effective role in preparing public servants

for modern challenges.

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath honoured the best performing departments under various

categories in the workshop.

Category A - First Prize: The Home Department alone set a historic record by

completing over 10 million online training courses. Director General (Training)

Rajiv Agarwal and DIG Shri Dev Ranjan Verma received this honor on behalf of

the department.

Second Prize: Awarded to the Department of Basic and Secondary Education, which

completed over 10 million courses through teachers and departmental personnel.

Additional Chief Secretary Partha Sarathi Sen Sharma and Director General

(School Education) Monika Rani received the award on behalf of the department.

Category B - First Prize: The Higher Education Department won first place for

excellence in practice. Additional Chief Secretary Amit Ghosh received this

prestigious honor.

Second Prize: Awarded to the Infrastructure and Industrial Development

Department, which was received by Additional Chief Secretary Alok Kumar.

Category C - First Prize: The Handloom and Textiles Department won first place

in its cadre. Principal Secretary Anil Kumar Sagar received this honor.

Second Prize: Department of Administrative Reforms, received by Secretary

Bhupendra Chaudhary.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi