At a
time when the government is tightening the belt on unnecessary expenditure, the
Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has, in an ambitious move,
initiated a manpower audit for rationalization of staff.
Government sources said the exercise is aimed at “right-sizing
the staff strength”’ across all ministries and department. “We want to clarify
that we are not downsizing the staff but just right-sizing or rationalizing it
to distribute it evenly all over,” a senior DoPT official said.
Sources added that once the survey is done excess staff from a
particular ministry or department will be transferred to the ones facing a
staff crunch.
The government as of now is not favourably inclined to go in for
fresh recruitment unless absolutely necessary.
Eventually this exercise will end up saving money for the
government.
Both the finance ministry and the DoPT in the last few days have
announced a slew of measures aimed at cost cutting which include restrictions
of foreign travel, stay and meeting in five-star hotels, buying new vehicles and big ticket appointments.
“It has been noticed that some ministries and departments are
heavily over staffed. Some of this staff is not governed by the DoPT but by the
concerned ministries only. We are in touch with such ministries so that their
extra staff can be adjusted somewhere else,” the DoPT official added.
According to DoPT the excess staff is mostly at the level of
Class III and IV employees and it was a priority to rationalization them first.
A number of senior officials who have exceeded their five-year
deputation but continue in their present positions will also be repatriated,
sources added.
Source: Deccan Chronicle
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