Nghe An: Saving more than 660 billion VND from restructuring the organization and streamlining the payroll

Thanh Duy DNUM_CJZAGZCACB 10:50

(Baonghean.vn) - The above information was announced by comrade Le Duc Cuong - Member of the Standing Committee, Head of the Organization Committee of Nghe An Provincial Party Committee at the 5th Conference of the 19th Provincial Party Executive Committee.

Implementing the Central Committee's resolutions on streamlining the payroll, innovating and rearranging the organization of the political system, Nghe An has so far reduced 3 branches, 21 departments (offices) under departments, branches and sectors; reduced 9 deputy levels of provincial departments, branches and sectors according to new regulations, in which the Party, Fatherland Front and mass organizations reduced 6 deputy levels and the departments and branches reduced 3 deputy levels.

Comrade Le Duc Cuong - Member of the Standing Committee, Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Organization Board. Photo: Thanh Duy

Nghe An has also reduced 232 public service units and 612 affiliated departments (reduction rate of 11.88%); 93 units have switched to the mechanism of self-guaranteeing regular expenditures according to the decision of the Provincial People's Committee, focusing on service units under the Health sector, Project Management Boards of departments, branches, and District People's Committees.

Compared to 2015, the whole province has also streamlined 6,805 positions compared to 2015, of which civil servants reduced by 582 people (the Party sector reduced by 156 people, accounting for 10.03%, the State sector reduced by 376 people, accounting for 10.21%), public employees reduced by 6,223 people, accounting for 10.01%, of which nearly 4,500 public employees have switched to self-insurance of regular expenses according to the decision of the Provincial People's Committee.

Officials of Chi Khe commune, Con Cuong district handle administrative procedures for citizens. Photo: Thanh Duy

The total cost of reducing state budget expenditures due to restructuring the apparatus and streamlining the payroll of administrative agencies and public service units in the 2017-2020 period in the province is more than 660 billion VND. Of which, the block of administrative agencies, the Party and mass organizations reduced expenditures by more than 25 billion VND; public service units reduced expenditures by more than 635 billion VND./.

Thanh Duy