Mishustin announced a large reduction of officials

The optimization of the Russian public administration system with the reduction of vacancies for officials will begin on January 1, 2021 and end on April 1. today at a meeting with deputy prime ministers by This was announced Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin.

• The staff of the central offices of federal bodies is reduced by 5%, territorial bodies - by 10%. The payroll remains the same.

• The minimum number of structural subdivisions, which made it possible to inflate the higher states, is limited: in ministries there are at least 40 staff units, services and agencies - at least 25 units. A department cannot be smaller than 5 units.

• Supporting units should not exceed 30% of the staff.

• Each deputy head of the federal executive body must coordinate the work of at least two departments or departments.

• In special cases, deviations from the set parameters are allowed.

According to Mishustin, "what is needed is not a huge, but a rationally formed staff of competent specialists and a clearly defined area of ​​responsibility for each executive authority." The reductions will take place mainly due to vacancies, which, according to the prime minister, now account for about 20% of positions. Ministries and departments must submit proposals for optimization by November 20.

a reform with parameters close to those announced by Mishustin The Ministry of Finance has been preparing since 2018.

According to the Ministry of Finance, officials in Russia now account for about 3.3% of those employed in the economy. Of these, federal - 600 thousand people, regional - 250 thousand and about 400 thousand in local governments. Taking into account all the employees of these bodies, the Ministry of Finance classifies about 2.4 million people as officials. The average salary of a federal civil servant last year was 126,000 rubles.