Bhubaneswar, July 15 -- Over 1.30 lakh posts were lying vacant in various state government departments, a senior Minister informed the Assembly today.

A total of 1,31,518 government posts, both plan and non-plan, have been vacant till March 31, 2018 against the sanctioned strength of 5,83,021, State Finance Minister Niranjan Pujari said in a written reply to the question posed by Congress Legislature Party Leader Narasingha Mishra on "Sanctioned Strength of Government Employees".

" Will the minister of Finance be pleased to state that: What is the present sanctioned strength of Government Employees/Officers in the State? What is the vacancies position and how many posts have been abolished; Will the govt furnish details deptt. wise and ...