Uncertainty over number of vacancies

Uncertainty continues over the exact number of vacancies in government departments.After an elaborate exercise that spanned almost a week, different departments submitted a list of vacancies relating

Uncertainty continues over the exact number of vacancies in government departments. After an elaborate exercise that spanned almost a week, different departments submitted a list of vacancies relating to direct recruitment to the Cabinet which met here for two days on Tuesday and Wednesday. According to the list circulated in the form of an annexure, there are 56,979 direct recruitment vacancies including 44,022 in government departments and another 12,957 in the grant-in-aid and other institutions. The Home department stands first in the number of direct recruitment vacancies with 21,507 posts vacant followed by the Health department with 8,942 vacant posts. Higher Education (2,605), Revenue (1,407), Panchayat Raj and Rural Development (1,391), Irrigation (1,222) and Environment, Forests and Science and Technology (1,061) are the other departments with more than 1,000 vacancies in the direct recruitment category.