Agartala, October 7: The Tripura Cabinet has cleared recruitment to 1,507 posts across several government departments, including education, animal resources development, law, finance and social welfare.
The decision includes the creation of 919 new posts and the filling of 588 existing vacancies, Food Minister Sushanta Chowdhury said after a Cabinet meeting at the state secretariat on Tuesday.
The Education Department will get the largest share of the new posts, with 700 graduate teacher positions to be created for Classes IX and X under secondary education.
The Animal Resources Development Department will create 145 posts across different categories. The Law Department will get 55 Group C and Group D posts, while the Finance Department will create 14 Group B programmer posts. Five posts for Blind Educators will be created under the Social Welfare and Social Education Department.
The Cabinet has also approved the filling of 588 vacant posts. Of these, 361 are in elementary education, including 75 graduate teacher and 286 undergraduate teacher positions.
Eight clerk vacancies in the Science and Environment Department, 213 posts across different categories in the Agartala Municipal Corporation and six Group C and Group D vacancies in the Law Department will also be filled.
Staff Selection Commission to be formed
In a move aimed at streamlining government recruitment, the Cabinet has approved the formation of the Tripura Staff Selection Commission.
The commission will oversee recruitment to Group B, Group C and Group D posts under the state government. The government said the new system will bring greater transparency and impartiality to the recruitment process, with selections based on eligibility and merit.
Free festive ration for 9.92 lakh families
The Cabinet also approved a special festive-season ration package for cardholders.
Ration card-holding families will receive semolina, flour and sugar free of cost through government fair-price shops during October and November. Around 9.92 lakh families across Tripura are expected to benefit from the scheme.
Chowdhury said the Cabinet decisions would create new employment opportunities, fill critical vacancies in government departments and provide additional support to families during the festive season.
