ITANAGAR, 3 Oct: Stating that development brings new challenges, Chief Minister Pema Khandu emphasized the importance of training and capacity building for newly recruited Arunachal Pradesh Civil Service (APCS) officers and other government employees.
Khandu said that the government officers should be well-equipped not only to address these challenges but also to bring concrete solutions.
The chief minister acknowledged the fact that governance in Arunachal comes with unique challenges owing to its difficult terrains, dispersed habitations, rich and diverse tribal cultures, and the demand for inclusive development.
“To meet these challenges, we require not just administrators but visionary leaders who are empathetic, innovative, and committed to the values of transparency, accountability, and service to the people. Institutions like the Administrative Training Institute (ATI) are the crucibles where such officers are shaped,” Khandu said after inaugurating the new ATI building in Naharlagun on Friday.
The building consists of two major facilities – a G+4 administrative and academic block and a G+6 hostel block – each built at a cost of Rs 20 crore.
“It is not only about the opening of a modern infrastructure but about reaffirming the government’s collective commitment to build a responsive, efficient, and professional governance system in Arunachal Pradesh,” he said.
Khandu expressed hope that the 140 newly recruited Group A and Group B officers through the APPSCCE 2024-2025 batch, who will undergo a four-month induction training, starting 6 October, in the new facility, would receive the best of trainings.
He assured that necessary human resource to run the ATI will be provided very soon, and informed that the government has already inducted four full-time faculty members.
This was Khandu’s second visit to the ATI. During his first visit in 2017, he had noticed the old building’s cramped classrooms and lecture halls, and had assured to provide modern infrastructure to the institute that trains government officers and employees.
Emphasizing the need to bring in reforms with time, the chief minister cited the establishment of the Arunachal Pradesh State Selection Board and overhauling of the Arunachal Pradesh Public Service Commission.
He further informed that a major reform is under process to rationalize human resource in all government departments and directorates, and in the districts.
“The newly constituted State Commission for Reforms is undertaking a rigorous exercise in this regard and hopefully it will be completed within two years,” he said.
The ATI complex, spread across 5,347 square metre as per the government allotment order of May 2017, has steadily grown in scope and importance. As per the Business Allocation Rules of 1998, its activities span a wide range – training of ministerial staff and mid-level officers on office rules and procedures, judicial training for Arunachal Judicial Service officers at NEJOTI Guwahati, induction and foundation courses for APCS and other administrative officers, issue-based training programmes, deputation of officers to national and international centres, and coordination with other institutions across India.
Itanagar MLA Techi Kaso, State Commission for Reforms Member Hento Karga, Chief Secretary Manish Kumar Gupta and senior government officials were present on the occasion. (CM’s PR Cell)
