73,000 entry-level posts vacant in Odisha: Odisha government

Over 73,000 entry-level posts are lying vacant in various departments of the state government, parliamentary affairs minister Niranjan Pujari informed the assembly on Friday, countering opposition chief whip and BJP MLA Mohan Charan Majhi’s claim that the number is as high as 2 lakh and criticised the government for not filling them up.Of the 2 lakh posts, Majhi said 26,789 are lying vacant in the home department, 12,761 in revenue, 61,863 in school and mass education department, 36,045 in health, 8,753 in water resources, 9,686 in agriculture, 11,522 in higher education and 5,814 posts in forest department.

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