2.7 lakh jobs vacant in govt departments

BENGALURU: The Karnataka government has a significant number of vacant posts, with over 2.7 lakh positions unfilled. According to government data, out of approximately 7,80,748 government positions, 2,76,386 posts are vacant.

The vacant posts include 16,017 Group ‘D’ posts, 1,67,734 Group ‘C’ posts, 1,66,021 Group ‘B’ posts, and 77,614 Group ‘A’ posts. Key departments such as health, education, rural development, and social welfare have thousands of vacant posts, with the Department of School Education having the highest number of vacancies at 70,727 posts.

Other departments with significant vacancies include animal husbandry, backward classes welfare, finance, higher education, home affairs, law, health, revenue, rural development, social welfare, agriculture, personnel administration, women and child welfare, and minority welfare. Will CM Siddaramaiah make an announcement in the budget to fill the vacancies? Whether the CM announces a post guarantee for government job aspirants in the budget.

According to government data, out of a total of 2,76,386 posts are vacant. Some of the departments with the highest number of vacant posts include:

School Education Department—70,727

Animal Husbandry Department-10,755

Backward Classes Department-8,334

Economic Department-9,536

Higher Education Department-13,227

Home Administration Department-26,168

Law Department-7,853

Health Department-37,069

Revenue Department-11,145

Rural Development Department-10,898

Scheduled Caste Welfare Department-9,980

Agriculture Department-6,773

Personnel Administration Reforms-6,191

Women and Child Welfare Department-4,544

Minority Welfare Department-4,159