Chandigarh, Jan. 28 -- Amid an ongoing financial crunch, the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation (MC) is planning to conduct a comprehensive manpower audit to rationalise its workforce and reduce the annual expenditure. It has consulted the Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA), New Delhi, for the task.

The decision to conduct the audit follows a sharp increase in MC's annual expenses related to outsourced manpower, and civic body's inability to pay salaries to its staff amid the cash crunch. Punjab governor and UT administrator Gulab Chand Kataria had also directed MC officials and councillors to focus on improving the corporation's revenue generation by rationalising its manpower.

In discussion with the IIPA, the MC officials ...