Bhubaneswar, Jan. 3 -- The Odisha government, on Saturday, directed the Odisha Public Service Commission (OPSC) to fill 151 additional vacancies across key cadres. These include 14 posts in the Odisha Administrative Service (OAS), 113 posts in the Odisha Revenue Service (ORS), and 16 posts in the Odisha Treasury Service (OTS).

The number of vacancies under the Odisha Civil Services (OCS) Examination was increased after Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi intervened, directing the filling up of additional posts that were earlier left out of the recruitment process.

The move comes in the backdrop of sharp criticism after the earlier OPSC notification did not include any vacancies in the OAS and ORS cadres, despite these being among the most...