Srinagar, Sep 21, Sept. 22 -- The government on Monday disclosed that 40,672 government posts are vacant across various departments under the Direct Recruitment Quota. The data was shared by the government in the Legislative Assembly today to a question raised by Congress MLA Irfan Hafiz Lone.The data showed 3,318 vacancies in the Gazetted category, 24,427 in the Non-Gazetted category and 12,927 multi-tasking services (MTS)The department-wise data shows that the Health and Medical Education Department has the highest number of vacancies, with 12,797 posts lying vacant, including 2,125 Gazetted, 8,064 Non-Gazetted and 2,608 MTS posts.The Agriculture Production Department has 4,939 vacant posts, comprising 84 Gazetted, 1,925 Non-Gazetted an...