Several important decisions were taken in the state cabinet meeting on Thursday.
Information and Cultural Affairs Minister Sushanta Chowdhury highlighted the decisions of the Cabinet in a press conference held at the Secretariat after the Cabinet meeting.

He said that 18 junior computer assistants will be appointed in the state election office.
For recruitment to this post, the candidate should have passed Madhyamik and 1 year Diploma in Computer Application and should have data entry experience in Bengali and English.

ICA Minister said that the 6,067 special executives will be appointed under the Ministry of Home Affairs will have an honorary allowance of 11,000 rupees per month and they should have passed pass secondary examination.

He said, “It was decided to appoint 8 food safety officers under the health department in the cabinet meeting. The cabinet decided that the appointment of engineers in various departments, including the public works department, will be conducted through the combined competitive examination”.

Minister Chowdhury added that engineers of various departments including the works department were recruited through Tripura Engineering Service previously.

He said that the number of general duty medical officers of Tripura Health Service were increased from 1,480 to 2,170.
Besides, the increased 690 medical officer posts are categorised into two types.
MD/MS or DNB qualification for recruitment of Specialists and Super Medical Officers and DM or MCH qualification for recruitment of Super Specialist Medical Officers would be required.
Chowdhury further said that Group B, Group C and Group posts will also be filled in different departments of the health department.