Only six new Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers have been allotted to Odisha cadre this year, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said on Monday.
The chief minister said this in a written reply to a question in the Assembly.
Patnaik said to run the administration the state government has promoted many senior Odisha Administrative Service (OAS) officers to the rank of IAS.
While 26 OAS officers were promoted to IAS rank in 2017, seven such state civil service officers were promoted to IAS grade in 2018, he added
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