Over 3.55 lakh posts vacant in public administration: State Minister

State minister for public administration Farhad Hossain on Monday said that there are over 3.55 lakh posts vacant in public administration.

The minister said this while responding to a tabled question from ruling Awami League MP Kazim Uddin Ahmed.

The state minister said that there are three lakh fifty-five thousand and 854 posts vacant in all the ministries/departments and field administration of the country.

According to the information of the state minister, there are 14 lakh 9 thousand and 606 approved posts in public administration. Among them, 10 lakh 45 thousand and 640 people are working.

Referring to the ongoing process of filling vacancies in government offices, the state minister said that this process is going on properly.

At present recruitment process is going on in all the ministries/divisions/departments to fill up the vacancies.

Posts are usually left vacant due to regular retirement of employees and creation of new posts.

In certain cases immediate fill-up of different posts is not possible due to court order.