New Delhi:  Prime Minister Narendra Modi has constituted a five-member task force to rationalise central government staff and ensure their maximum optimisation.

The task force will be headed by Establishment Officer and Additional Secretary in Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) Rajiv Kumar and it will submit its report next month, officials said today.

The prime minister has approved the proposal to constitute a task force to examine the issues of rationalisation and optimisation of human resource in various ministries to align them with financial resources and focus areas of the government, they said. (Press Report).

It is very clear that the government want to reduce the number of employees drasticaly. That is the intention of this task force for rationalisation and optimisation. This will further reduce the employment chances for the unemployed.

This has o be strongly opposed by not only the unemployed and youth organisations but by all progressive sections.