Archive · 18 Sep 2026
UP Civil Defence Department Begins Recruitment For 191 Posts
Uttar Pradesh’s Civil Defence Department plans to hire people for 191 jobs.
These jobs are spread across six different types of work.
The largest group has 104 Assistant Deputy Controller positions.
Other jobs include store workers, stenographers, office assistants and dispatch riders.
The department says an advertisement with recruitment details will be issued soon.
Civil Defence workers help with administration and assisting citizens during emergencies.
The hiring is part of a larger state plan to create one lakh new government jobs.
The state government says more than nine and a half lakh government job opportunities have been provided over the past nine and a half years.
Recruitment has begun for 191 vacancies across six posts in Uttar Pradesh’s Civil Defence Department.
Assistant Deputy Controller has the highest number of vacancies, with 104 posts available.
Other openings include Store Superintendent-II, Storeman, Stenographer, Junior Assistant and Dispatch Rider.
The department is expected to issue an official recruitment advertisement soon.
The recruitment is part of plans to provide one lakh new government jobs in Uttar Pradesh over six months.
- Who
- Uttar Pradesh’s Civil Defence Department, under the Yogi Adityanath government.
- What
- Recruitment has been initiated for 191 vacancies across six Civil Defence posts.
- When
- The recruitment announcement was reported on September 17, 2026; the official advertisement is expected soon.
- Where
- Uttar Pradesh, with the report datelined Lucknow.
- Why
- To fill vacant positions and strengthen the department’s administrative and field-level operations, including emergency assistance.
- Total vacancies
- 191 posts
- Assistant Deputy Controller vacancies
- 104 posts
- Other posts
- 6 Store Superintendent-II, 33 Storeman, 9 Stenographer, 25 Junior Assistant and 14 Dispatch Rider posts
- Advertisement
- The department will issue a recruitment advertisement soon.
- Broader employment plan
- Departments have been directed to provide one lakh new government jobs over the next six months.
- Previously provided opportunities
- The government says it has provided more than nine and a half lakh government job opportunities over the past nine and a half years.
- Largest related recruitment drive
- The report says 77,000 of the planned new recruitments will be made in the Uttar Pradesh Police and Home Guards departments.