Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Cabinet on Friday approved a proposal for the constitution of a dedicated recruiting agency to streamline recruitment for the State Police and other uniformed services in the state.
The proposed agency, to be named Odisha Uniformed Services Staff Selection Commission (OUSSSC), will function under the administrative control of the General Administration and Public Grievance (GA&PG) Department of the state government, Chief Secretary Manoj Ahuja told reporters after the Cabinet meeting.
The Cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, put its stamp of approval on the proposal of the GA&PG Department to frame Odisha Uniformed Services Staff Selection Commission Rules-2025.
The move is aimed to ensure timely, transparent, efficient and merit-based recruitment across all uniformed services in the state.
The state government will recruit personnel of different ranks in the Odisha Police and other uniformed services under the Home Department, Excise Department, Forest, Environment & Climate Change Department and Commerce & Transport Department through the OUSSSC.
“Recruitment for various ranks in the Odisha Police and other uniformed services is currently being done through different departmental boards, which has resulted in abnormal delays and irregularities in examinations. Hence, in order streamline the recruitment process, it has been proposed to constitute a dedicated recruiting agency namely OUSSSC,” said an official statement.
The is to ensure timely, transparent, efficient and merit-based recruitment across all uniformed services in Odisha through a standardized, technology-driven and accountable process.
