Nearly 350 deputies and advisors are jobless now, in the first days of the new year.

The budget law for 2015 specifies that there should be an elimination of redundant positions for deputies and adjunct advisors in state agencies, local government, and city administration.

Following the budget law, all six deputy mayors of Ulaanbaatar were dismissed  in December. The budget law allows the Mayor of Ulaanbaatar to have two deputy mayors, but all were dismissed.

The change to the budget law enables a reduction in current expenses of 2,960.4 million MNT by eliminating positions for deputies and advisors in state budget funded agencies and city and local government.

Every province, soum, and district government is now permitted to have a deputy, and Ulaanbaatar city administration is allowed two deputies but no advisor.

State agencies and all levels of state funded administrative and civil service departments will start the new year with only one deputy or vice chairman, but no advisors.