The departments and agencies under the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) are still limping with acute manpower shortage, official sources said.
"The ministry, its departments and agencies are facing problems in performing daily official work due mainly to huge shortage of manpower," a high official of the MoA told the FE.
Activities of the different departments, across the country, are being hampered seriously due to this shortage, he added.
Some 4897 approved posts of the MoA and its different agencies have long been lying vacant, according to the ministry statistics made available on December 4.
The data said that some 1169 posts of class one officials, 191of class two officials, 1929 of class three employees and 1603 posts of class four employees are lying vacant.
The ministry and its departments need 39837 approved staff to operate efficiently. Some 34940 staff is now serving the ministry and its agencies, according to the data.
The statistics showed that most of the agencies of the ministry are facing severe manpower shortage.
A total of 4850 approved posts of the departments of the MoA still remain vacant, statistics said.
"The authorities concerned have been informed of the manpower shortage of the MoA and its agencies," he said adding that necessary measures are being taken immediately to fill up the required manpower, official sources said
The process of appointment to fill the vacant posts of the ministry and different agencies is going on smoothly and this will finish soon, they said.
The departments concerned under the ministry hope to increase speed of operation after getting necessary manpower in the future, officials said.
The ministry has taken a decision to fill up the vacant posts with 'highest carefulness and following exiting laws and regulations properly,' sources said.
In the meeting, chiefs of the departments explained the progress in filling up the vacant posts. The officer presiding over the last coordination meeting laid emphasis on filling up the posts following the rules and regulations, a meeting source said.
He requested the chiefs of the agencies under the Ministry of Agriculture to fill the vacancies soon for the sake of 'improved official work.' He mentioned that the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) is regularly monitoring the situation.
Eighteen departments and agencies operate under the ministry and are responsible for implementation of different projects and plans of the MoA.
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