Hetauda. A high-level committee formed to streamline the performance of the Bagmati Province government has recommended a significant reduction in redundant staff. The committee has proposed a new organizational structure, cutting 701 staff positions.The committee has drafted a 'slim but effective' administration plan by reducing the number of ministries and abolishing unnecessary posts in existing bodies. According to the report of the Provincial Administrative Restructuring Study and Suggestion Committee, led by former secretary Bimal Wagle, it is recommended to reduce the existing 5,138 positions to 4,437, a cut of 701.The committee has recommended that the provincial government reduce lower-level (non-classified...