Madhya Pradesh Plans Direct Recruitment for 150,000 Posts and Two State Service Exams in 2027

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Madhya Pradesh Chief Secretary Ashok Barnwal on Wednesday directed all departments to assess vacancies and submit recruitment proposals within prescribed deadlines for direct recruitment to approximately 150,000 government posts through the Madhya Pradesh Public Service Commission and the Madhya Pradesh Employee Selection Board. The order came during a review meeting of direct recruitment, promotions, compassionate appointments, departmental inquiries and pension cases at the state secretariat.

Proposals for 6,588 posts have been sent to the Public Service Commission and proposals for 17,299 posts to the Employee Selection Board so far. The Chief Secretary expressed displeasure over slow recruitment progress in the tribal affairs, public health and medical education, revenue, energy and school education departments. He also said 68,437 government employees have been promoted so far, while more than 2,300 compassionate appointment cases remain pending across departments, with the School Education Department having made 904 such appointments.

Which body conducts Madhya Pradesh state service recruitment?

The Madhya Pradesh Public Service Commission is a constitutional body constituted under Article 315 of the Constitution of India. It conducts the State Service Examination and other direct recruitment examinations for state civil services and posts. The Madhya Pradesh Employee Selection Board, earlier known as the Professional Examination Board, was set up by the state government to conduct recruitment tests for subordinate services and non-gazetted posts. Compassionate appointment in government service is an exception to the normal recruitment process and is based on executive instructions or rules framed by the state government. Departmental promotion committees are constituted under service rules framed under Article 309 of the Constitution.

What is the 2027 examination schedule?

Chief Minister Dr Mohan Yadav has directed that a special State Service Examination be held in 2027 in addition to the regular one. The regular examination plan envisages an advertisement in the last week of November 2026, prelims in January 2027, mains in June and interviews in November. The special examination plan provides for an advertisement in March 2027, prelims in May, mains in September and interviews in December. Both schedules are proposed, not finalised.

What are the deadlines and pending cases?

Departments must submit regular examination proposals by 25 November 2026 using anticipated vacancies as of 31 December 2026, and special examination proposals by 15 March 2027. The Chief Secretary also asked departments to hold promotion committee meetings, begin the current year's promotion process and conduct a special campaign to resolve pending compassionate appointment cases. A proposed governance dashboard will monitor pending revenue, licensing and registration services.