About Rs 180 crore has been allocated to the Personnel Ministry for 2017-18 to augment training facilities for bureaucrats.
Of the total, Rs 60.61 crore has been earmarked for the Ministry to meet establishment-related expenditure of Delhi-based Institute of Secretariat Training and Management (ISTM) and Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA), Mussoorie.
Both the ISTM and LBSNAA hold several training programmes to equip IAS, IPS and IFoS officers and all other levels of secretarial functionaries with adequate exposure to rules, regulations and aptitude.
Another Rs 119.37 crore has been allocated under a separate head for training schemes that include upgradation of LBSNAA to a centre of excellence and for augmentation of training facilities at ISTM.
