New Delhi, Jan. 10 -- Delhi Lieutenant Governor (LG) Vinai Kumar Saxena said that over 22000 vacancies in various departments of the Delhi government will be filled in next one year. Saxena made these remarks while handing letters of appointment to 398 candidates for permanent government jobs in Delhi.

He said that with the issuing of the appointment letters of permanent employment in various departments and civic agencies under the Delhi government to the 398 candidates, the total number of recruitments has reached nearly 22,000 during the last one-and-a-half years.

"It was humbling to hand over appointment letters to over 149 dependents on compassionate ground simultaneously - a record in itself, recruited after strictly following a t...