PM Uchral Freezes 3,000 Civil Service Positions, Moves to Cut Workload
Politics
Ulaanbaatar, April 8, 2026 /MONTSAME/. Prime Minister Uchral Nyam-Osor has instructed Cabinet members to freeze approximately 3,000 vacant positions in the public sector and refrain from making new appointments or personnel changes. This directive is formalized under a Government resolution titled “On Certain Measures to Optimize the Structure and Organization of State Institutions and Reduce the Workload of Civil Servants.”
Under
the resolution, recruitment and internal transfers for around 3,000 vacant
civil service positions will be suspended until a functional review of
ministries and agencies is completed. The measure is expected to save an amount
equivalent to staffing for roughly 26 ministries, with an estimated MNT 7.4
billion in salary expenditures.
The
Prime Minister also announced that civil servants will be relieved from
preparing 20–30 types of reports on a monthly, quarterly, semi-annual, and
annual basis. Instead, the “Once-Only” principle will be implemented, meaning
reports with overlapping content will be produced just once.
Although
legislation stipulates that the government should not request information
already in its possession from citizens, inter-agency data sharing remains
insufficient. Officials have been tasked with ensuring proper implementation of
this legal provision.
Furthermore,
cabinet members and heads of ministries and agencies have been instructed to
utilize the “eCabinet dashboard,” which supports data-driven decision-making
based on big data, and to ensure access to necessary information. The Prime
Minister called on the cabinet members to take the lead in adopting this
system.
The
resolution also introduces more flexible working arrangements, including
improved time management, discouraging weekend work for civil servants, and
allowing one day of remote work per week.
