Shimla, Sept. 16 -- The Himachal Pradesh cabinet approved filling up of over 4,200 posts of various categories in electricity, revenue, health and panchayati raj departments on Monday. The meeting, presided over by chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, approved the engagement of 1,602 Bijli Upbhogta Mitras in Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board Limited to overcome the acute shortage of field staff and ensure quality services to consumers. It decided to fill up 1,000 posts of T/Mates (entry-level technical position).

The cabinet also gave its approval to fill 645 posts of patwaris on trainee basis under the state cadre. Additionally, it gave the nod to engage 300 job trainees in gram panchayats to build a pool of trained manpower fo...