Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Wednesday accorded approval for the creation of two additional battalions of the Odisha Industrial Security Force (OISF), raising the total number of battalions to four.
CM Mohan Charan Majhi
Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Wednesday accorded approval for the creation of two additional battalions of the Odisha Industrial Security Force (OISF), raising the total number of battalions to four.
For effective functioning of the additional battalions, the state government has created 2,080 new posts, with 1,944 of them being regular, while 136 posts have been created on an outsourcing basis, the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) said in a statement on Wednesday.
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Currently, two OISF battalions operational in the state have a total strength of 2,847 posts.
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With the creation of additional battalions, the total number of posts in the OISF has now been raised to 4,927.
The creation of additional OISF battalions was necessitated in the wake of Odisha government’s focus on industrial growth. With the establishment of new industries after the Make in Odisha 2025 initiative, security of industrial clusters is being prioritised, and the creation of additional OISF battalions is a timely step in this regard, the CMO statement concluded.
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