The Nagaland Government has constituted a Working Group on Comprehensive Manpower Rationalisation to review staffing patterns across government departments and recommend measures to optimise manpower deployment, as part of the State’s efforts to improve administrative efficiency and rationalise expenditure.
The Working Group will function under the State Level Committee on Expenditure Rationalisation and Revenue Mobilisation (SLC-ERRM). The notification constituting the committee was issued by Finance Commissioner Kesonyu Yhome, IAS, following a Cabinet decision taken on June 6, 2026.
The committee will be headed by Akunu Meyase, IAS, Secretary to the Government of Nagaland, as Chairperson, while Abeinuo Jasmine Ashao, Under Secretary, Finance Department, will serve as Member Secretary.
Other members include Vechotsiyi Neinu and Thejangulie from the Finance Department, Celine Asino Kulnu from the Law & Justice Department, and Phajathung Ovung, Junior Statistical Officer from the Personnel & Administrative Reforms (P&AR) Department.
According to the notification, the Working Group has been entrusted with carrying out a comprehensive assessment of manpower across all government departments. It will examine the number of sanctioned posts, employees in position and vacancies, while identifying surplus, overlapping or redundant posts and recommending measures for their rationalisation.
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The committee will also review organisational structures to formulate guidelines for the creation of new posts, upgradation of existing positions and filling of vacancies. In addition, it will assess the impact of technology, digitisation and computerisation on staffing requirements, and recommend measures to enhance efficiency through multi-tasking, reskilling and optimal utilisation of existing personnel.
The Working Group has been directed to complete its study and submit its report to the Finance Department within three months from the date of the notification.
Pending completion of the exercise, the Government has imposed a series of interim measures aimed at containing expenditure on manpower.
Under these measures, no department will be permitted to create new posts unless approved by the Cabinet under exceptional circumstances. Proposals for filling vacant posts must first be examined by the Manpower Rationalisation Committee and the SLC-ERRM before being placed before the Cabinet for final approval.
Departments have also been instructed not to seek expansion of their workforce without obtaining prior approval from the Finance Department.
The Government has directed all departments, boards, corporations and state-owned enterprises to extend full cooperation to the Working Group by furnishing all manpower-related information and records required for the exercise.
The initiative is aimed at ensuring efficient utilisation of human resources, strengthening fiscal discipline and aligning the State’s workforce with evolving administrative and technological requirements.
