Vocational training

1. highlighted training and an adequate organization and methods set-up
2. any government-grade must be done in such a fashion that there is no scope for patronage;
3. It also proposed that this principle should hold good for the temporary staff.
4. Recommended induction training to equip civil servants with the necessary knowledge and skills to perform their duties, followed by refresher training at regular intervals
5. Appointment of a Director of Training to closely monitor all aspects of training

Report on the Efficient Conduct of State Enterprises (A.D Gorwala), 1951

1. Creating an O&M branch in the government and a board of two members should be set up to provide the necessary drive and direction to the administration.
2. Besides aiming at precision and surety in the conduct of business and improvement of staff morale, training must also encourage the civil servant to see his work in its broadest context and persevere with his educational development. It must prepare him for a higher position, greater responsibilities, and a culture of continuous training.

Status of Implementation

• These reforms were immediately implemented.
• The Government of India accepted Gorwala’s recommendations to set up an O&M branch in the government.
• The Government of India also set up its think tank in the Department of Administrative Reforms in 1964.
• Independent India adopted a parliamentary-federal form of government superimposed over the administrative structure largely inherited and adapted from the British colonial state in India.

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