India, March 17 -- Odisha is grappling with a significant shortfall of bureaucratic staff across various administrative services, as revealed by Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi in response to a query in the State Legislative Assembly.

Replying to a query of BJP legislator Tankadhar Tripathy from Jharsuguda, the Chief Minister provided detailed data on the vacancies: Indian Administrative Service (IAS): 67 vacancies; Indian Police Service (IPS): 69 vacancies; Indian Forest Service (IFS): 69 vacancies; Odisha Administrative Service (OAS): 253 vacancies; Odisha Police Service (OPS): 253 vacancies; Odisha Forest Service (OFS): 611 vacancies (the highest among all services); Odisha Finance Service (OFS): 274 vacancies; Odisha Revenue Servi...