{{use dmy dates|date=February 2014}}{{Use Indian English|date=February 2014}} {{more footnotes needed|date=January 2014}} {{Infobox government agency | agency_name = Government of India <br /> Performance Management Division (PMD) | seal = Emblem_of_India.svg | seal_width = 70px | seal_caption = Emblem of India | formed = | preceding2 = | dissolved = | superseding = | jurisdiction = Government of India | headquarters = Cabinet Secretariat,Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi | employees = | budget = | chief2_name = Dr Prajapati Trivedi | chief2_position = Secretary Performance Management | chief1_name = T. V. Somanathan | chief1_position = Cabinet Secretary | website = [http://www.performance.gov.in performance.gov.in] }}

The '''Performance Management Division''', Cabinet Secretariat was set up by the Government of India in January 2009.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.performance.gov.in/?q=pmd-origin |title=Cabinet Secretariat, Performance Management Division - About us - Organisation-PMD Origin |access-date=13 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140429132924/http://performance.gov.in/?q=pmd-origin |archive-date=29 April 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The Division was established with a view to assess the effectiveness of Government Departments in their mandated functions. Reporting to the Cabinet Secretary, Dr Prajapati Trivedi was made the first secretary,<ref>http://www.businessofgovernment.org/blog/business-government/what-does-performance-management-look-india -IBM Center for the Business Government - What Does Performance Management Look Like in India? - by John M. Kamensky - Background</ref> Performance Management<ref>{{cite web|url=http://karnmk.blogspot.in/2012/09/appointment-of-secretaries-on-contract.html?m=1-Central |title=Government Employee News & Tools - Appointment of Secretaries on contract basis in Union Ministries and Department - Name of the person along with the post to which appointed |publisher=Karnmk.blogspot.in |date=2012-09-16 |access-date=2014-02-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Layout/Includes/ETNEW/ArtWin.asp?From=Archive&Skin=ETNEW&BaseHref=ETD%2F2010%2F05%2F09&ViewMode=HTML&EntityId=Ar00600&AppName=1-APPRAISAL |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222025009/http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Layout/Includes/ETNEW/ArtWin.asp?From=Archive&Skin=ETNEW&BaseHref=ETD%2F2010%2F05%2F09&ViewMode=HTML&EntityId=Ar00600&AppName=1-APPRAISAL |url-status=dead |archive-date=22 February 2014 |title=OF BABUS - World Bank's senior economist Prajapati Trivedi |publisher=Times of India |access-date=2014-02-13}}</ref> with a mandate to roll out the PMES. In the year 2013 (fourth year of implementation) the system extends to 80 Departments/Ministries with around 800 responsibility centres (autonomous organizations / subordinate offices/ attached offices).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ipeindia.org/main/index.php?page=pmd-ipe-collaboration |title=Institute of Public Enterprise - PMD - IPE Collaboration |publisher=Ipeindia.org |access-date=2014-01-14}}</ref>

==Background== [[File:Dr. Prajapati Trivedi.jpg|thumb|500x175px|Dr Trivedi appointed the first Secretary Performance Management in 2009]] In the Joint Session of Parliament held on 4 June 2009, the then President of India Pratibha Devisingh Patil had outlined 13 important measures to be initiated by the Government of India in the next hundred days.<ref>[https://archive.today/20140212093803/http://www.businessofgovernment.org/blog/business-government/what-does-performance-management-look-india- What Does Performance Management Look Like in India?-Background.]</ref> ‘’Establishing Mechanism for performance monitoring and performance evaluation in Government on a regular basis ‘’ was one of the measures to be initiated by the Government. This was followed by the approval of an outline of a Performance Monitoring and Evaluation System (PMES) for Government Departments by the Prime Minister on September 11, 2009.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.performance.gov.in/?q=pmd-origin |title=Cabinet Secretariat, Performance Management Division - About us - Organisation-PMD Origin-The President outlined |access-date=13 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140429132924/http://performance.gov.in/?q=pmd-origin |archive-date=29 April 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Working== The PMES system was established with a view to assess the effectiveness of Government Departments in their mandated functions which involves the preparation of a Results Framework Document (RFD) by each department every year,<ref>http://cmsmoud.nic.in/sites/upload_files/moud/files/RFD%202013-14%20(revised).pdf{{Dead link|date=May 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://steel.nic.in/rfd/Result%20Framework%20Document%202013-14.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=13 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227081629/http://steel.nic.in/rfd/Result%20Framework%20Document%202013-14.pdf |archive-date=27 December 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://mohfw.nic.in/showfile.php?lid=1527 |title=Ministry of Health & Family Welfare-Government of India |publisher=Mohfw.nic.in |access-date=13 January 2014 |archive-date=9 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140209033354/http://mohfw.nic.in/showfile.php?lid=1527 |url-status=dead }}</ref> highlighting its objectives and priorities for the financial year against pre specified targets at the end of the year.

==RFD(Results Framework Document)== thumb|350x165px|Sample cover for RFD 2012-13 A Results-Framework Document (RFD) is a PMES tool, documenting a record of understanding between a Minister representing the people's mandate, and the Secretary of a department responsible for implementing this mandate.<ref>[https://archive.today/20140212103331/http://www.businessofgovernment.org/blog/business-government/what-does-performance-management-look-india-What Does Performance Management Look Like in India?-By John M. Kamensky-Results Framework Documents (RFDs)]</ref><ref>[http://performance.gov.in/sites/default/files/document/guidelines/rfd/rfd-guidelines-2013-14.pdf-Guidelines for Results-Framework Document (RFD) 2013-2014- Format of Results-Framework Document]{{Dead link|date=May 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>[http://www.accountabilityindia.in/accountabilityblog/1967-performance-based-fund-allocation-ministries-will-it-work-Accountability Initiative -Performance based fund allocation for Ministries: Will it Work?-How does it work?] {{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> In its fifth round of implementation, i.e. 2013, the division has made public five compendiums having RFDs of different Departments/Ministries * RFD compendium 2013-14<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.performance.gov.in/?q=compendium-2013-14 |title=-RFD Compendium 2013-14 |access-date=24 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140228003238/http://www.performance.gov.in/?q=compendium-2013-14 |archive-date=28 February 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> * RFD compendium 2012-13<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.performance.gov.in/?q=rfd-compendium-2012-13 |title=-RFD Compendium 2012-13 |access-date=12 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221231021/http://www.performance.gov.in/?q=rfd-compendium-2012-13 |archive-date=21 February 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> * RFD compendium 2011-12<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.performance.gov.in/?q=rfd-compendium-2011-12 |title=-RFD Compendium 2011-12 |access-date=12 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221231008/http://www.performance.gov.in/?q=rfd-compendium-2011-12 |archive-date=21 February 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> * RFD compendium 2010-11<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.performance.gov.in/?q=rfd-compendium-2010-11 |title=-RFD Compendium 2010-11 |access-date=12 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221230901/http://www.performance.gov.in/?q=rfd-compendium-2010-11 |archive-date=21 February 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> * RFD compendium 2009-10<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.performance.gov.in/?q=rfd-compendium-2009-10 |title=-RFD Compendium 2009-10 |access-date=12 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221230914/http://www.performance.gov.in/?q=rfd-compendium-2009-10 |archive-date=21 February 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== See also == * Cabinet Secretariat, Government of India<ref>[http://cabsec.nic.in/ - Cabinet Secretariat-Performance Management Division]</ref>

==References== {{reflist|2}}

==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20140208205909/http://www.performance.gov.in/ Performance Management Division(PMD),Cabinet Secretariat page] * [http://cabsec.nic.in/ Government of India Cabinet Secretariat page]

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