Recognizing the need to improve public service delivery, the Royal Government decided to initiate the Administrative Burden (AB) reduction exercise.

While the exercise had a modest beginning from April 2007 as part of the corruption prevention measure of ACC with pilot AB studies in few regulations towards the fall of 2008, the real thrust on it came from the Government's recent initiative to improve public service delivery. Hon'ble Prime Minister's meeting with Secretaries to the Government and two Commissioners of Royal Civil Service Commission on 6th April 2009 was a kick start to the process followed by Cabinets directives through Executive Order No. C/03/1385 dated 17th April 2009 to internalize the service delivery improvement process in line agencies within a period of 9 to 12 months. The ownership of the exercise is entrusted to Royal Civil Service Commission. The five member team called "IPSDS Team" under the supervisory and administrative control of the RCSC shall facilitate the technical inputs to simplification of rules, forms, process and other things required for efficient public service delivery.