Overview

• The June 9 recruitment exam comprised a 30-minute Odia qualifying test followed by a general knowledge paper at the Sector Six Ispat Stadium.
• A total of 9,061 aspirants—including engineers, postgraduates and business graduates—sat for posts requiring only a Class V pass and basic Odia and English skills.
• Home Guard positions are voluntary three-year tenures offering a monthly salary of ₹18,360 and a daily wage of ₹612, renewable for another three years upon satisfactory conduct.
• Qualified candidates will be notified within ten days and must clear a physical fitness exam before deployment across 22 police stations in the Rourkela district.
• The massive turnout of highly educated jobseekers highlights Odisha’s deep unemployment crisis, recalling a similar 2015 surge when over 31,000 applied for 54 Group D posts in Cuttack.