Implementing the 18th Amendment 6.3. Achieving more Devolution Merger of Federal Divisions: Division Creep’ process needs to be reversed. Small Divisions need to be merged to enable the realization of some economies of scale, promote greater integration of functions and save both salary and operating costs, Chart 6.5 presents the distribution of the Divisions by the size of the budget for salaries and operational costs. The smallest ten Divisions are shown first and the largest three Divisions at the bottom. There exists considerable scope for merger of Divisions, especially the small Divisions, as shown below: Merger of Division Defense Production Revenue National Heritage Aviation Railway Maritime Affairs Industries and Production Human Rights Overseas Pakistanis Housing& Works Narcotics → → → Defense Finance Education With Division → Communication → → → → → Commerce Law and Justice Foreign Affairs Establishment Interior Chart 6.5: Expenditure for Budget Estimates 2020-21 for Divisions by Size Sr.# Divisions Staff Salaries Other Expenditure Total (Rs in million) 1. Power Division, Climate Change Division, Water Resource Division, Kashmir Affairs& Gilgit Baltistan Division, Maritime Affairs Division 1,337 2,118 3,455 2. Religious Affairs& Inter-Faith Harmony, Human Rights Division, Inter-Provincial Coordination Division, National Heritage& Culture Division, Overseas Pakistanis& Human Resource Development Division 1,511 5,446 6,957 57