A team led by Telangana Chief Secretary Shailendra Kumar Joshi (IAS:1984:TG) in coordination with Government Chief Advisor Rajiv Sharma (Retd IAS:1982:TG) has been entrusted with the preparation of draft proposals for reorganisation of various State government departments dealing with similar subjects.

The draft proposals may recommend mergers or scrapping of some departments. The final report will be submitted to Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao before Sankranthi festival.

Indianmandarins has learned that the existing 32 departments are likely to be brought down to 18-20 through merger or complete removal from the list. As per the new proposals being considered, departments dealing with same subjects will be merged and will be headed by a Minister and a senior IAS officer of Principal Secretary rank.

At the next level, the government is likely to have a couple of IAS officers to assist the Principal Secretary in case of bigger departments.

These IAS officers may discharge their duties as both the secretary and the commissioner of the departments concerned.