Discuss the importance of cultivating a culture of life-long learning among Indian civil servants. How has Mission Karamyogi contributed to this objective? Illustrate with examples.

Importance of cultivating a culture of life-long learning among civil servants:

i) Tackling new age issues: such as digital media, deepfakes etc.

ii) Expanding the knowledge on issues and solutions (Learning for them eg: Nature based solutions for climate change.

iii) Tapping into experience of others to learn from them eg books from ex-civil secretaries Susrup Bhatnagar.

iv) Helps generation of ideas for development of self and nation eg Aadhaar based service delivery

v) Helps develop emotional intelligence.

vi) Understanding the society and empathetic approach to the vulnerable sections.

Mission Karamyogi has contributed to this:

Training of the civil servants on key matters of governance.

New courses on the administration and better implementation of the scheme.

Transform the bureaucrats from rule focused to agile and innovative.

Dynamic and more proactive diplomatic eg S Tashankar called this 'an era of energetic diplomacy'

Transformation from weberian to democratic diplomacy.

— Aditya Agarwal