On Thursday, the Odisha government said they had prepared a blueprint to fill 65,000 vacancies in the state government over the next two years.
In the last 5 years, the state government said 12.13 lakh youth have registered with employment exchanges in Odisha.
The General Administration and Public Grievance (GAPG) department directed nodal officers of all departments to update vacancy positions.
The department has said, โIt is reported on the recruitment web portal that there is a vacancy of 94,819 posts at the base level against a sanctioned strength of 3,87,537 as of January 27, 2025. Out of 94,819 base-level vacancies, 40,234 posts have been approved by the empowered committee for recruitment, while 33,420 posts have been sent to different recruiting agencies for recruitmentโ.
The revenue and disaster management and higher education departments have 5,301 and 4,733 vacant posts, respectively. The home department has 9,800. The school and mass education department is next, with 21,154 of the 159,416 sanctioned positions vacant, and the Health and Family Welfare department has 22,711 of the 65,528 vacant positions.
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