India, July 8 -- The United States Department of Veterans Affairs on Monday reversed course on its previously announced plans of reduction in force and said that the department will lose 30,000' people through resignation and early retirement by October 2025, which will eliminate the need for mass layoffs. Earlier, pushed by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), the Veterans Affairs department had planned to cut jobs of more than 80,000 employees.

The Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Doug Collins, issued a statement Monday saying that employees leaving through retirement, resignations and attrition, coupled with the hiring freeze, will "eliminate the need for a large-scale reduction-in-force."

"A department-wid...