Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena on Friday distributed appointment letters to 702 newly appointed government employees in various Delhi Government Departments and civic bodies at an event organized at Vigyan Bhawan.

According to officials, these appointments have been made in Delhi Government departments like Education, Health, Training & Technical Education, Delhi Transport Corporation and Delhi Fire Services.  “Out of the 702 appointments, 232 appointments have been made in the Health Department, followed by 200 in Education Department, 119 in the Planning and 88 in Training & Technical Education Department,” a senior official said, adding that apart from this, appointments were also made in Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) and New Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC).

He added that these recruitments will fulfill the vacant posts and improve the functioning in these departments. “The appointees include women, people with disabilities, and candidates from reserved categories as per laid down norms,” the official said.

“Distribution of permanent appointment letters assumes significance as LG, ever since taking over the office in May, 2022, has been emphasizing upon permanent recruitments in government departments over contractual and ad hoc appointments,” another official said, adding that approximately 22,000 permanent appointments have been made by DSSSB and UPSC in the last two years at his behest.  He said, “Today’s event was the sixth such event in the last two years.”