MINISTER of Rural Development and Local Government Khadijah Ameen said her ministry has 847 vacancies, as she mulled the various ways in which these were gradually getting filled, addressing the House of Representatives' Standing Finance Committee on October 21.

Replying to questioning by Diego Martin North East MP Colm Imbert, she said many posts would be filled by the Public Services Commission (PSC).

Ameen said this fiscal year, she expected some 50-60 positions in different salary ranges to be filled.