{
  "id": 2781294,
  "title": "8.23 Lakh Government Posts Vacant: RTI Shows Massive Workforce Gaps",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/23/8-23-lakh-government-posts-vacant-rti-shows-massive-workforce-gaps-2781294",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-23T09:49:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "NDTV",
    "slug": "ndtv",
    "url": "https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/8-23-lakh-government-posts-vacant-rti-shows-massive-workforce-gaps-11947629"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "More than one in every five posts that the government itself had sanctioned was without an employee in position, as per an RTI application filed by Neemuch-based activist Chandra Shekhar Gaur",
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        "outlet": "NDTV - India News",
        "title": "8.23 Lakh Government Posts Vacant: RTI Shows Massive Workforce Gaps",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/23/8-23-lakh-government-posts-vacant-rti-shows-massive-workforce-gaps",
        "published": "2026-08-23T09:49:27.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}