India, July 11 -- The US State Department is laying off more than 1,300 employees as part of President Donald Trump's reorganisation plan notified earlier this year.

The updated reorganisation plan, which proposed cuts to some programs and an 18 per cent reduction of staff, was notified to the Congress in May.

Layoff notices will be sent to to 1,107 civil servants and 246 foreign service officers who have domestic assignments in the US, the Associated Press quoted a senior State Department official as saying.

The separation period for the civil servants stands at 60 days, while affected foreign service officers will be immediately placed on administrative leave for 120 days. Following this, they will formally lose their jobs, as per an...