1. Recommendations for Restructuring State Governments Size of the Council of Ministers
  2. Rationalising the Number of Secretariat Departments
  3. State Public Service Commission Appointment of chairman and members
  4. Executive Agencies: The State Governments should scrutinize the functions/activities of each department to confirm whether these activities/ functions are critical to the department's mission and can only be carried out by government agencies.
  5. Roles and functions of Public Service commissions: The PSC should handle only the recruitment of candidates for higher-level posts under the State Government (Class I and Class II positions of various State cadres)
  6. The Institution of District Collector: There is a need to realign the functions of the Deputy Commissioners/ District Collector so that he concentrates on the core functions such as land and revenue Administration, maintenance of law and order, disaster management, public distribution, and civil supplies, excise, elections, transport, census, protocol, general administration, treasury management and Coordination with various agencies/ departments
  7. Modernising the Office of the District Collector
  8. Functional and Structural Reforms in local governance: There should be an integrated governing structure at the district level in the form of the “District Council” with representation from both urban and rural areas. The Council will act as the “District Government.”
  9. Personnel Management and Capacity Building of Administration: The North Eastern Council, in consultation with the Universities and other educational institutions of the region, should draw up programmes for coaching students for the Civil Services, and other competitive tests such as the Combined Defence Services Examination and the Engineering/Medical Examinations
  10. Issues of Recruitment in the Sixth Schedule Areas
  11. AAMMMT specific
  12. Managing finances: Financial Delegation and Operational Flexibility – the IFA system, Avoiding Fiscal Profligacy, Expenditure Management, Prudent Budget formulation, Revenue Forecast and Need for a Tax Research Unit, Mechanism for Internal Control, External Audit
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