Patiala, Aug. 14 -- Punjab Government has approved the aboiltion of more than 40000 posts in the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) and Punjab State Transmission Corporation Ltd. (PSTCL)

The staff strength of PSPCL /PSTCL was reviewed in a meeting held under as decided in a meeting chaired by by the Additional Chief Secretary on July 22 and it was decided that the posts lying vacant for the last one year my be abolished by PSPCL & PSTCL and further reduce the PESCO staff strength by atleast 20%.

The sanctioned strength of posts in PSPCL is 75757 and 40 483 posts are lying vacant . The vacant posts include 761 group A posts, 2862 group B posts , 30702 group C posts and 6158 group D posts.

In addition to the abolition of the ...