134. Reforms in civil services; merging similar and complementary departments into sectoral ministries
Status: The government launched Mission Karmayogi (the National Program for Civil Service Capacity Building) to impart role-based training and create citizen-centric civil service. It further launched an online training platform iGOT for civil servants for skill degradation and continuous learning opportunities. The government carved out the Jal Shakti Ministry by merging the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation and the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation to look at water management holistically. The govt. has also created the Ministry of Cooperation, though not through merger but by transferring the existing entries related to cooperation and cooperative in the business of the Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. i ii iii iv