THE Central government has included Mahatma Gandhi’s “approach for decision-making for the poor, rural and the marginalised”, as a part of the curriculum for in-service training imparted to IAS and other All India Service officers, and also to Group "A" service officers during their central deputation tenure. Gandhian approach will be taught for a week in IIM-Ahmedabad for select officers with work experience of 12 to 20 years, a DoPT letter to union securities, issued last week, said. In fact, the upcoming 150th birth anniversary of the Father of the Nation is being planned across the globe as a year-long event beginning October 2, 2018.
Here below are 15 subjects chosen for in-service training programmes, along with the names of the institutes where that training will be provided: