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Ministry for domestic and foreign training of bureaucrats and augmenting necessary infrastructure during the next fiscal, according to the
interim Budget presented by Finance Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday.Of the total allocation of Rs 241.81 crore for 2019-20, which is about
24 per cent more than the revised allocation of Rs 194.76 crore for the ongoing fiscal, Rs 79.06 crore was earmarked for the ministry to
meet establishment-related expenditure of the Delhi-based Institute of Secretariat Training and Management (ISTM) and the Lal Bahadur
Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA) in Mussoorie.Both the ISTM and LBSNAA conduct several training programmes for Indian
Administrative Service (IAS) officers and all other levels of secretarial functionaries with exposure to rules, regulations and
aptitude.Under a separate head, Rs 162.75 crore was allocated for the next fiscal for training schemes
It includes upgradation of the LBSNAA to a centre of excellence and augmentation of training facilities at ISTM.A sum of Rs 30.26 crore was
allocated for transparency watchdog Central Information Commission (CIC) and the government''s head-hunter Public Enterprises Selection
Board (PESB) for the next fiscal to meet their establishment- related expenditure.A total of Rs 29.27 crore was allocated to the CIC and the
PESB for 2018-19.The Central Administrative Tribunals (CATs), which are entrusted with the redressal of grievances of public servants, have
financial year, as per the revised allocation.The Staff Selection Commission (SSC), which conducts various recruitment examination for
central government jobs, was allocated Rs 239.97 crore to meet establishment-related expenditure, including those on the conduct of
examinations for recruitment of lower grade staff in central ministries or departments.The revised allocation for the SSC is Rs 227.11 crore
for the current fiscal.Find LIVE Budget 2019, updates, latest news, videos, key highlights, reactions, tax and policy changes here
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