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Odisha hands over 1,101 appointment letters at 17th State-Level Job Fair

Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi distributed 1,101 appointment letters across four departments at the 17th State-Level Job Fair, held at OUAT Krushi Shiksha Sadan, Bhubaneswar, on 26 September 2026. The appointees include 814 Medical Officers and 92 Assistant Professors of the Health Department, 30 OAS, 42 ORS, 46 OFS and 60 OTAS officers, and 17 Cooperative Service officers. Within 27 months of the government's formation, 46,575 people have been inducted into government service through 17 job fairs. A first-of-its-kind age-specific Mental Health Guidebook for children and youth in Odisha, prepared jointly by four departments, was also unveiled at the fair.

Appointment letters: 1,101 Medical Officers: 814 Inducted through 17 job fairs: 46,575
Why it matters for exams: State recruitment drives and health-workforce numbers are typical state-affairs questions.
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