Overview

• The commission’s June 3 submission outlines restructuring plans for 88 municipal bodies and 179 state-run colleges.
• It recommends dividing the Irrigation Department to form an independent Department of Drainage and Groundwater Recharging focused on flood control.
• Proposals include creating 105,832 posts across 21 departments, a slight increase over the current 104,980 positions.
• Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini ordered the Chief Secretary to launch time-bound pilots in Public Health Engineering, Irrigation, Mines and Geology, Horticulture and Urban Local Bodies.
• Chairman Rajan Gupta said five additional reports are nearly complete and reviews for 23 more departments are at an advanced stage.