2014
Kiran Aggarwal Committee
Why constituted?
- It was constituted by the DoPT under the Union Ministry of personnel, public
grievances and pensions.
- The role of this Committee was to give recommendations regarding the overall
training or probation period of selected IAS officers.
Issues considered by the Committee
The Kiran Aggarwal Committee, while offering recommendations, focused on the
following issues:
- Refurbishing philosophy as well as approach towards Induction training
- Revision of the Syllabus of academic inputs imparted at the Academy
- Revision of pedagogical methods and techniques consistent with adult
learning
- Revision of system of evaluation
- Revision of structure of district training at the state
- Revision of duration of overall training and proper allocation of time
across training courses.
The Committee recommended that the service record of all the IAS Officers should
be reviewed after 10, 15, and 25 years to impregnate more accountability and
professionalism.