Cabinet approves filling 8,547 institution vacancies

To fill 8,547 open positions in government agencies and other organizations, the Cabinet of Ministers has given the go-ahead to begin hiring.

Serial No	Ministries/Provincial Councils/ Comnission	No of P/Vacancies Recommended by the committee for Recruitnent
1	Ministry of Education, Higher Education, and Professional Education	79
2	Ministry of Health and Mass Media	120
3	Ministry of Port and Civil Aviation	44
4	Ministry of Public Administration, Provincial Council and Local Government	17
5	Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Land, and Irrigation	123
6	Ministry of Trade, Commerce, Food Security and Cooperative Development	01
7	Ministry of Finance, Planning, and Economic Development	310
8	Ministry ofFishery, Aquatic, and Ocean Resources	01
9	Ministry of Digital Economic	01
10	Ministry of Transport, Highways, and Urban development	48
11	Ministry ofForeign Affairs, Foreign Employment, and Tourism	54
12	Ministry ofRural Development, Social Security, and Community Empowerment	06
13	Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports	355
14	Ministry of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs	5198
15	Ministry of Plantation and Community Infrastructure	213
16	Ministry of Buddhism, Religious, and Cultural Affairs	1261
17	National Police Commission	02
18	Northern Provincial Council	115
19	Sabaragamuwa Provincial Council	11
20	North Western Provincial Council	85
21	North Central Provincial Council	89
22	Western Provincial Council	414
	Total	8,547