Over Rs 220 crore for training of babus

Over Rs 220 crore has been allocated to the Personnel Ministry for 2016-17 to augment training facilities for bureaucrats.
In the budget presented today by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, Rs 220.44 crore has been earmarked for the Ministry to meet establishment-related expenditure of Institute of Secretariat Training and Management (ISTM), here and Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA), Mussoorie.
Both the ISTM and LBSNAA hold several training programmes to equip IAS, IPS and IFoS officers and all other levels of secretarial functionaries with adequate exposure to rules, regulations and aptitude.
For current fiscal, the Ministry was allocated Rs 213.22 crore for the purpose.

The Finance Minister has also proposed to increase by about Rs five crore to Rs 43.89 crore the budgetary allocation for transparency watchdog Central Information Commission (CIC) and government's head hunter Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) for 2016-17.
About Rs 38.80 crore has been given to the CIC and PESB for the ongoing fiscal.

The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), which
conducts civil services examination to select officers of Indian Administrative Service and Indian Police Service, among others, has been given Rs 217 crore for 2016-17.
The provision is for expenditure on salaries and allowances of the Chairman, members and establishment expenses of the UPSC, and to the expenditure connected with the examinations, recruitment tests and selections conducted by the Commission.

The UPSC has been allocated Rs 213 crore for 2015-16.
Central Administrative Tribunals (CATs), which are entrusted with the redressal of grievances of public servants, have been allocated Rs 133.67 crore for 2016-17 to meet establishment-related expenditure.
The allocation for CATs is Rs 85.73 crore for the current fiscal.
The government has also allocated Rs 1.5 crore for 2016-17 under the provision meant for reimbursement to state governments towards House Building Advances paid to all India service (IAS, IPS and IFoS) officers. A total of Rs one crore has been given in this head for the ongoing fiscal.
Staff Selection Commission (SSC) has been allocated Rs 167.32 crore to meet establishment-related expenditure including those on the conduct of examinations for recruitment of lower grade staff in central ministries or departments etc.

The grant includes provision for purchase of office accommodation for North Eastern Region, Guwahati office of the SSC.
The allocation for SSC is Rs 137.58 crore for the current fiscal.