Mandatory Course Completion and Comprehensive Assessment on the iGOT Karmayogi portal – Status will be fetched in APAR: DoP&T O.M. dated 04.07.2025

Mandatory Course Completion and Comprehensive Assessment on the iGOT Karmayogi portal – Courses will be shown my My iGOT section and status will be fetched in APAR: DoP&T O.M. dated 04.07.2025

No.T-28/27/2025-iGOT
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
Department of Personnel & Training
Training Wing
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Block-IV, Old JNU Campus,
New Delhi -110067
Dated: 04 July, 2025

Office Memorandum

Subject: Mandatory Course Completion and Comprehensive Assessment on the iGOT Karmayogi portal – reg.

The undersigned is directed to say that the National Programme for Civil Services Capacity Building (NPCSCB) – Mission Karmayogi, approved by the Union Cabinet on 2nd September 2020, aims to build a citizen-centric and future-ready civil service through a role based capacity building approach. Competency-driven capacity building in government employees is being facilitated by way of the iGOT-Karmayogi digital learning platform. The platform offers anytime, anywhere learning on key domain, behavioural, and functional competencies.

2. In order to further underscore the need for continuous, role-specific capacity building, it has now been decided that all Central Government employees and officers of the All India Services (AIS) will be required to complete prescribed courses on iGOT annually and that this will also be reflected in their Annual Performance Appraisal Reports (APARs). The courses for the Central Government employees and the officers of the All India Services (AIS) on Central Deputation shall be prescribed by their respective Ministries/ Departments/Organisations (MDOs) and for all other officers of the AIS, the same shall be prescribed by their respective Cadre Controlling Authorities (CCAs).

3. Accordingly, the following instructions are hereby issued to all MDOs and the CCAs of the AIS.

1. In the case of Central Government employees and the AIS officers under Central Deputation, all MDOs of Government of India shall identify relevant courses on the iGOT Karmayogi Platform for employees at each level as the annual target. As an illustration, a minimum of 6 courses could be selected for each of the following levels – MTS, SO/ASO & equivalent, US & equivalent, DS/Director, JS and above.
2. In the case of AIS officers not on Central Deputation and the CCS officers not working with any MDO of the Govt of India, the CCAs shall identify relevant courses on the iGOT Karmayogi Platform for employees at each level as the annual target. As an illustration, the respective CCAs could select a minimum of 6 courses for each of the following levels – upto 9 years of service, above 9 and upto 16 years of service, above 16 and upto 25 years of service, 25 years and above of service.
3. These courses shall be added by the MDO Admin/CCA as “Training Plan” for each of the positions/designations/levels on the iGOT portal.
4. Once the “Training Plans” get added, these courses will get reflected as targets in the “My iGOT” section of iGOT profile of the respective users. This, however, will be possible only once the employee has updated her/his profile on iGOT so as to correctly reflect her/his current role/position/designation in the Ministry/Department/Organization the employee is serving in. AIS officers serving in the states/UTs must update their iGOT profiles to correctly reflect their service and batch such that they are mapped to the correct CCA and level (based on years of service).
5. All employees shall complete at least 50% of the courses prescribed by the MDO/CCA for the year.
6. The status of course completion for mandated courses will be directly fetched from iGOT and reflected in the Annual Performance Appraisal Reports (APARs) from the reporting period 2025-26 (corresponding to the APAR cycle of 2026-27).
7. The information will be captured in a new sub-table under the existing “Training Programs Attended” section in Part-I of the APAR.

4.  It has also been decided to roll out a Comprehensive Assessment Framework from the reporting period 2025-26 (corresponding to the APAR cycle of 2026-27). As per the framework, competency attainment will be evaluated through standalone assessments based on courses identified by the MDOs (or the CCAs as the case may be) for employees at each level. All central government employees and all officers of the AIS will have to pass the assessment mandated for them during the course of the reporting year and the successful completion of the assessment will also be reported in the APAR by fetching relevant data from iGOT.

5. All MDOs are requested to ensure strict adherence and compliance with the aforementioned guidelines and to take active steps for their time-bound implementation in accordance with the timelines specified in Annexure A. The respective CCAs are requested to spearhead the implementation for AIS officers who are not on Central Deputation.

6. Detailed instructions regarding the roll out of comprehensive assessment will be issued separately. Necessary instructions regarding the modification of the APAR form will also be subsequently issued by the concerned CCAs.

(Uma Magesh)
Under Secretary to the Government of India
Tele: 26706310

Annexure A

The following timelines shall be adhered to for the implementation of the guidelines outlined in this Office Memorandum:

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