The Nagaland government has constituted a special working group to review manpower across departments, rationalise staffing, and impose temporary restrictions on creating and filling government posts.
DIMAPUR — The Government of Nagaland has constituted a special working group on comprehensive manpower rationalisation to review staffing across government departments and improve workforce management.
According to a DIPR report, the working group will function under the State Level Committee on Expenditure Rationalisation and Revenue Mobilisation (SLC-ERRM). The notification was issued by Finance Commissioner Kesonyu Yhome following a Cabinet decision taken on June 6, 2026.
The working group will be chaired by Akunu Meyase, Secretary to the Government of Nagaland, while Abeinuo Jasmine Ashao, Under Secretary, Finance Department, will serve as the member secretary.
Other members include Vechotsiyi Neinu and Thejangulie from the Finance Department, Celine Asino Kulnu from the Law & Justice Department, and Phajathung Ovung, JSO, Personnel & Administrative Reforms (P&AR) Department.
The committee has been tasked with undertaking a comprehensive review of manpower across all government departments.
It will assess the number of sanctioned posts, employees currently in position, and vacancies, besides identifying surplus, overlapping, or redundant posts and recommending measures for their rationalisation.
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It will also examine departmental organisational structures to recommend guidelines for the creation of new posts, upgrade of existing posts, and filling of vacancies.
In addition, the group will study the impact of technology and computerisation on manpower requirements and suggest measures for multi-skilling and optimum utilisation of the existing workforce.
The working group has been given three months from the date of the notification to complete the exercise and submit its report to the Finance Department.
Pending completion of the study, the government has imposed temporary expenditure-control measures. No new posts may be created without specific approval of the Cabinet in exceptional cases.
Further, 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 approval.
Departments have also been directed not to seek expansion of staff strength without prior clearance from the Finance Department.
The government has instructed all departments, boards, corporations, and state public sector undertakings to extend full cooperation to the working group and furnish all required manpower-related information to facilitate the review.