India, Feb. 20 -- Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday said that his government would work to fill 30000 vacancies this year.

Replying to the discussion on the Grants of departments under his charge, the Chief Minister said they would work to fill 30000 vacancies during the year.

"And once again, I repeat what I said in my budget speech. We have stated that this year we will work to fill around 30000 posts. There is no need to create new posts," the CM said, adding that although they may have created only 600 700 posts, they have filled 6000-6500 posts.

The CM said the vacancies would be filled in a transparent and time bound manner.

"These are vacant posts, and we will work to fill them," he said, reiterating that there is no nee...