Over 1.31 lakh posts are lying vacant in the State Government’s various departments.
Exactly, a total of 1,31,518 posts, both in plan and non-plan sectors, remained vacant till March 31, 2018 against a sanctioned strength of 5,83,021. This was stated by Finance Minister Niranjan Pujari in a written reply to a question by Congress Legislature Party Leader Narasingha Mishra on “Sanctioned Strength of Government Employees” on Monday.
Referring to the Annual Establishment Review Report, the Finance Minister said, “The sanctioned strength of Government employees/officers as well as vacancies as on 31.03.2018 were 4,97,257 and 1,20,512, respectively. Besides, the sanctioned strength and vacancies of the organisations receiving grant-in-aid as on 31.03.2018 are 85,764 and 11,006 respectively.”
“A total of 41,635 posts have been abolished in different
departments from 1999 to 2008,” he added.
According to sources, there was a steep a rise in the vacancies in some major departments like Home, Agriculture and Farmer Welfare, Rural Development, Works, Cooperation, Food & Civil Supplies, Skill Development and Panchayati Raj and Drinking Water, among others.