UP announces AI training centre and competency-based staffing pilot

Uttar Pradesh announced plans for an artificial-intelligence capacity-building centre and a pilot to bring officials’ skills, learning records and service profiles together for personnel decisions. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath outlined the measures at the Sādhana Shrinkhla regional workshop in Lucknow, according to a PIB release dated October 24.

The announcements form part of work with the Capacity Building Commission under Mission Karmayogi. They describe proposed changes and a pilot, rather than a completed statewide change to promotion, transfer or posting rules.

Three measures announced

• Develop the Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Uttar Pradesh Academy of Administration and Management, or RUPAAM, into a Centre of Excellence in AI for Capacity Building, with the commission.
• Extend training to frontline workers through the Karmayogi Kartavya Karyakram, Urban Local Bodies and Viksit Panchayats modules, anchored by RUPAAM.
• Run a competency-based human-resource pilot on UP Manav Sampada, combining skills, learning and service information to inform promotions, transfers and postings.

The workshop also launched the UNNATI Capacity Index, which assesses training institutions’ capabilities, and a National Curriculum Design Framework for Mission Karmayogi training institutes. Uttar Pradesh ranked first among participating states in the capacity-building recognition, followed by Rajasthan and Jammu and Kashmir, the release said.

Adityanath called for training to be assessed through better decisions, simpler processes and improved public services. The release presents the staffing changes as an effort to match officials’ capabilities with their roles; it does not give an implementation deadline for the pilot.

Source: Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions release via PIB Lucknow, October 24, 2026.