Admin commission moots closure of low-impact schemes

An administrative reforms commission formed in Karnataka in its final report released on Wednesday has recommended sweeping changes to streamline governance, including the closure or merger of low-impact state sector schemes, redeployment of surplus staff to frontline services and abolition of long-vacant posts.

- NT Correspondent

Karnataka Administrative Reforms Commission-2 (KARC-2) has also recommended the creation of a permanent reform monitoring mechanism to ensure sustained implementation, according to a press note issued by the Chief Minister's Office (CMO) on Tuesday.

The 10th and final report, also calls for rationalisation of nearly 2,874 Heads of Account, reallocation of resources to mission-mode programmes, and _ tighter alignment of human resources with actual workload and service delivery needs across departments, boards and corporations.