The Uttar Pradesh government is going to take steps to make changes in its administrative structure soon, based on the recommendations of a committee. As per the sources, the state government would consider merging several state departments, with as many as 95 departments in the fray to be restructured into 54 departments.
Aside from restructuring and revamping of the government departments, the government is going to take an assessment of the number of government employees in various departments. It is reported that the UP government believed that this process would not only reduce the number of departments but also help with the speed with which work takes place.
It is further reported that more than 20,000 posts in the irrigation department and primary schools in Uttar Pradesh would be done away with if the state government accepted the recommendations of the committee. At the same time, as many as 59,000 posts would be created in other departments in the state.
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