Punjab CM Capt. Amarinder Singh has a huge problem on hand: there are as many as 600 vacant posts out of 934 in the agriculture department of the state. So the Punjab Agriculture Technocrats Action Committee, Punjab (AG TECH) has demanded that these posts be immediately filled and a permanent director in the department from the technical side be appointed. The committee held a meeting on Sunday. The members said the department had been facing serious staff crunch for a long time and also had not had a permanent director since 2001. Kuldeep Singh Mattewal, general secretary, AG TECH, said issues such as farmer suicides, farming becoming profitless etc. were discussed in the meeting. He said, "Although the new government had started several efforts that we welcome, we want to bring the attention of the government towards over 600 vacancies out of total 934 posts of agricultural development officers in Punjab.