State govt replaces PCUC with MRC

Nagaland government has decided that the Post Creation & Upgradation Committee (PCUC), which was constituted in 2001, would be replaced by Manpower Rationalization Committee (MRC).
In this regard, the Manpower Rationalization Committee would be headed by Nagaland chief secretary and the Administrative Heads of Planning, Finance, Personnel & Administrative Reforms Department (P&AR), Home and Commissioner, Nagaland as members.
According to an office memorandum issued by the Personnel & Administrative Reforms Department, it stated that the proposals for upgradation or creation of posts would be examined by the Manpower Rationalization Committee  whilst looking at the existing manpower planning, re-deployment from the existing posts available, redundant posts and recommendation of the Cadre Review, if any, and thereafter make its recommendations.
The office memorandum also stated that proposals for upgradation and creation of posts should be continued to be submitted as per the prescribed formats along with the details of manpower rationalization exercise carried out by the department concerned.
In order to streamline the procedures relating to upgradation posts, the state government constituted the Upgradation Committee under the chairmanship of state chief secretary in the year 2001.
The committee was entrusted with the responsibilities of examining/scrutinizing the cases for creation of posts also.
It was stated that the Post Creation & Upgradation Committee has been examining proposals for upgradation and creation of posts having the clearance of the Personnel & Administrative Reforms Department concurrence of the finance departments.
However, there was a problem of bloated strength of employees in several departments severely limiting the scope of creation of new posts.
At the same time, there existed a need for creation of certain posts to enable discharge of new functions in those departments as well as in other departments.
Observing that the present mechanism in form of PCUC was not able to address the issues effectively, the government noted that a holistic approach was required, which focuses on reduction of non-essential manpower for minimizing wasteful expenditure and allowing fiscal space for creation of posts to meet the emerging needs.
It was through this comprehensive approach of manpower rationalization that the staffing requirements of various departments can be addressed meaningfully, the memorandum stated.