8,000 post to be field in Home department: CM Manik Saha 

Agartala: The Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Monday in the state assembly announced in the state Assembly that initiatives have been taken to fill up over 8,000 posts in various positions.  Saha, who also holds Home portfolio, replying to the queries of the MLAs, said that at present, a total of 7,323 posts are.

Agartala: The Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Monday in the state assembly announced in the state Assembly that initiatives have been taken to fill up over 8,000 posts in various positions. 

Saha, who also holds Home portfolio, replying to the queries of the MLAs, said that at present, a total of 7,323 posts are vacant in the Home Department, including 2,125 posts of police constables.

He said that the process of filling up these posts is a continuous process.

However, the state government has taken steps to fill up the vacant posts, including those for police constables.

“We have taken the initiative to fill up 218 posts of Sub-Inspector (Armed and Unarmed) for both male and female through Tripura Public Service Commission (TPSC). The process for filling up 1,000 posts for police constables is underway and necessary steps have been taken to recruit additional 916 police constables,” Saha told the house.

He said that the state government is using Ad-hoc promotions to fill various vacant posts.

Saha further informed that the process is almost complete for the recruitment of 6,067 Special Police Executives.

In a separate question, the Chief Minister said that in a move to boost the road infrastructure in Tripura, the state government would soon send Detailed Project Reports (DPRs) of two proposed National Highways to the Central government, which have been approved in principle.