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NEARLY QUARTER MILLION VACANCIES TO CONTINUE IN STATE SECTOR IN 2026
Daily Mirror - Sri Lanka
|November 20, 2025
Total approved cadre is 1.32 million, but actual employment stands at 1.07 million
Nearly a quarter of a million vacancies are set to remain unfilled government limit new recruitments to the bare minimum for the upcoming fiscal year (2026).
The Cadre Information of Public Sector 2025 report, released alongside the fiscal position report, reveals that while the total approved cadre for the public sector is 1.325 million, the actual number of employees as of June 30, 2025, stands at 1,076,625.
Crucially, this figure excludes the uniformed personnel of the Tri-Forces (Army, Navy, and Air Force), indicating that the state's total salary burden is significantly higher when military payrolls are factored in.
This story is from the November 20, 2025 edition of Daily Mirror - Sri Lanka.
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