At least four lakh state government employees will be laid off if the government decides to implement its May 2017 Government Resolution to cut the workforce by 30%, said G D Kulthe, chief advisor, Maharashtra State Gazetted Officers Mahasangh.
In May this year, the state finance department to streamline staff and increase efficiency by using Information Technology. The GR has directed all departments to prepare a masterplan and reduce the staff strength by at least 30%. The cut is being insisted upon to reduce the financial burden on account of implementation of the Seventh Pay Commission.
Kulthe said there are 19 lakh state government employees spread across the state. However, for the last three years nearly two lakh posts have been vacant bringing down the workforce to 17 lakh.
"The government has brought into force Acts like the Right to Information and Right to Services but there aren't enough people to deliver services," he said.
"While the government promised to implement the Seventh Pay Commission by January 2016, it is yet to do so," he said.
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