Important changes have been introduced regarding mid-career training requirements for officers in the Indian Administrative Service. A new provision now grants an exemption from mandatory mid-career training (Phase III, IV, or V) for service members who have less than six months remaining in their service after the year they are slated for such training. This update aims to streamline training protocols, ensuring that officers nearing the end of their careers are not unnecessarily mandated to undergo extensive training phases. This decision, implemented through an amendment to the existing rules, reflects a pragmatic approach to personnel management within the civil services.
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MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
(Department of Personnel and Training) NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 25th February, 2010
G.S.R. 102(E).-In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of Section 3 of the All India Services Act, 1951 (61 of 1951), the Central Government afterconsultation with the Governments of the States concerned, hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Indian Administrative Service (Pay) Rules, 2007, namely :-
- (1) These rules may be called the Indian Administrative Service (Pay) Second Amendment Rules, 2010.
(2) They shall be deemed to have come in force on the date of their publication in Official Gazette. - In rule 3 of the Indian Administrative Service (Pay) Rules, 2007, below sub-rule (2)(i) the following shall be added as second proviso, namely :-
“Provided that a member of Service, who has less than six months of service after the year in which he has been slotted to undergo Phase-III, Phase IV or Phase V of Mid-Career Training, would not be sent for mandatory mid-career training.”
[F. No. 20011/1/2008-AIS-II] YASH PAL, Desk Officer
Note: The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary vide number G.S.R. 213(E), dated the
20th March, 2007 and subsequently were amended vide numbers as follows :
| G.S.R. No. | Date |
|---|---|
| $23(\mathrm{E})$ | $10-01-2008$ |
| $665(\mathrm{E})$ | $19-09-2008$ |
| $253(\mathrm{E})$ | $15-04-2009$ |
| $542(\mathrm{E})$ | $21-07-2009$ |
| $572(\mathrm{E})$ | $13-08-2009$ |
| $820(\mathrm{E})$ | $12-11-2009$ |
| $72(\mathrm{E})$ | $10-02-2010$ |
EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
The Central Government has decided to insert a proviso to sub-rule (2)(i) rule 3 of IAS (Pay) Rules, 2010 to provide for exemption from undergoing mandatory midcareer training in respect of those members of Service who have less than six months of service after the year in which they have been slotted to undergo Phase III, Phase IV or Phase V of Mid-Career Training. The Indian Administrative Service (Pay) Rules, 2007 are being amended accordingly.