In a progressive change towards allowing people more time to get into government jobs, the Odisha government has increased the upper limit for Government jobs. Thereby, people will now have more time and more chances to prepare for government jobs in Odisha.

The upper limit for jobs has been increased to the age of 38. Previously it was 32 years of age. Thereby there has been a significant increase of 6 years. Honorable Chief Minister of Odisha Mr. Naveen Patnaik along with his trustworthy cabinet of ministers gave approval to this positive change.
Informing people about cabinet decisions through media, Chief Secretary Suresh Chandra Mahapatra said that Cabinet decided to extend the upper age limit for entry to state government service from 32 to 38 for three years up to 2023. This decision was taken to enable the youths who could not appear on the recruitment examinations because of the Covid situation and run out of age during the last two years.