The Government of Karnataka constituted the Karnataka Administrative Reforms Commission-2 and appointed Sri. T.M Vijay Bhaskar IAS (Retd.) former Chief Secretary to the Government of Karnataka as the Chairman by Government order DPAR-AR/05/ASP/2020 dated 07-01-2021. There are no Members in the Commission.

The Terms of Reference for the Karnataka Administrative Reforms Commission-2 are :

• Review of implementation of recommendations of the Sri H. Ramaswamy Administrative Reforms Commission.
• Recommendations for restructuring of departments and rationalization of staff strength at all levels of Government.
• Identification of unnecessary cadre/staff in departments arising due to the use of technology and the possibility of merging departments, boards and corporations.
• To comprehensively study and evaluate governance and governance systems currently in Government and State-owned departments/boards and corporations and to recommend appropriate governance and structural reforms to meet the needs of the coming decades of the 21st century.

The Commission is required to complete its work study and submit a final report within two years and an interim report within a period of one year.

Committees Constituted :

A Committee has been constituted for revision of Performance Appraisal Reports, Performance management and Recruitment