Kathmandu: Prime Minister Sushila Karki has decided to downsize her secretariat and the experts’ group.

Now there will be only six persons at the PM Secretariat, states a press release issued by Spokesperson at the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers, Hemraj Aryal.

The statement mentions that in the secretariat, only six positions are maintained: one chief advisor, one public relations advisor, one chief personal secretary, one press coordinator, one personal section officer (photographer), and one public health expert (honorary).

It is stated that Prime Minister Karki has repealed all the remaining appointments at the PM Secretariat to be effective from today, November 27.

According to the Prime Minister’s Advisor and Secretariat Management Procedures 2074 (Eleventh Amendment 2081), there are 66 sanctioned posting of various positions in the Prime Minister’s Secretariat.

Prime Minister Karki had made appointments only to extremely essential positions, creating a secretariat of just 20 people. Now, it is going to be reduced further from 20 to just six.