Guwahati, Jan. 9 -- Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma here on Friday distributed appointment letters to 4,369 candidates selected for Grade IV posts through the Assam Direct Recruitment Examination (ADRE).

With this, the total number of government appointments made during the tenure of the present state government has reached 1,50,033, thereby surpassing the commitment made during the 2021 Assembly elections.

It may be mentioned that after initiating the recruitment process through ADRE, the state government for the first time had distributed appointment letters to 24,787 selected candidates on May 10, 2023. Of these, 11,048 candidates selected by the State-Level Recruitment Commission were appointed to Grade III posts, while 13,...