A total of 40 government departments and agencies under the Prime Minister's Department (PMD) have been transferred out to other ministries, effective July 1.

In a letter dated June 26, chief secretary to the government Ali Hamsa instructed that the restructuring of the PMD be executed.

The proposal was brought up by PMD itself and discussed by Ali and Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

This decentralised processes will see Permata, an early childhood education and care programme under the patronage of Rosmah Mansor, the wife of former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak, transferred to the Education Ministry.

1Malaysia For Youth (1M4U), the brainchild of Najib, will be shifted out to the Youth and Sports Ministry.

The Public-Private Partnership Unit (Ukas) has been shifted to the Finance Ministry while the Economic Affairs Ministry will receive the Bumiputra Agenda Steering Unit (Teraju), Federal Land Development Authority (Felda) and Economic Planning Unit (EPU).

The overhaul sees five economic corridors and regions being shifted to the Finance Ministry.

The Eastern Sabah Security Command has been moved to the Home Ministry.

The Economic Affairs Ministry also takes over the Statistics Department, Halal Development Corporation, Amanah Raya Bhd and Yayasan Ekuiti Nasional.

Malaysian Administrative Modernisation and Management Planning Unit has been moved to the Communications and Multimedia Ministry while the Malaysian Nuclear Power Corporation has been moved to Energy, Green Technology and Water Ministry.

The restructuring plan involved some 90 entities under the PMD, which have now been reduced to 26. 

Forty of the 90 have been moved out, while the remaining have either been abolished or merged.