(a) whether the Government have decided to curtail the
administrative structure; and
(b) if so, the details thereof?
THE
(a) whether the Government have decided to curtail the
administrative structure; and
(b) if so, the details thereof?
THE
MINISTER OF STATE FOR DEPARTMENT
OF ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS AND PUBLIC
GRIEVANCES IN THE MINISTRY OF
PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND
PENSIONS
(HRI ARUN SHOURIE)
(a) & (b): The Government has been alive to the need for
curtailing the size of the administrative structure and taking
steps in this direction. The Ministry of Finance (Department of
Expenditure) has been issuing instructions from time to time to
control creation of Plan and Non-Plan posts. In August, 1999,
instructions were issued by that Ministry to all the
Ministries/Departments to undertake a review of all the posts
which were lying vacant in the Ministries/Departments and in
their Attached and Subordinate Offices, etc., in consultation
with the Ministry of Finance (Department of Expenditure). These
instructions, inter alia, envisage that till the review is
completed, no vacant posts will be filled up except with the
approval of the Ministry of Finance (Department of Expenditure).
Further, such Ministries/Departments as had not fully implemented
the Government`s decision to achieve reduction in the number of
posts (as on 1.1.1992) in compliance with the across-the-board
10% cut ordered in January, 1992 were asked to fully implement
that decision immediately. According to the information
available with the Ministry of Finance, about 1.6 lakh posts in
various categories have already been abolished as a result of
this exercise.