CS orders assessments of existing & upcoming vacancies to help fulfil govt vow of 2L jobs in 5yrs

Guwahati: Chief secretary (CS) Ravi Kota has directed all govt departments to undertake detailed internal assessments of existing and possible upcoming vacancies, and furnish actionable inputs for the preparation of a five-year roadmap to generate and provide two lakh govt jobs over the next five years.

BJP promised to provide two lakh govt jobs in their election manifesto. The first cabinet meeting of the new govt on May 13 decided to set up a task force to fulfil this promise.

On May 13, CM Himanta Biswa Sarma, the task force, headed by the chief secretary, will submit a report within the next three months about the modalities to be followed for providing govt jobs to two lakh people.

CS Kota, on Thursday, held a detailed review meeting on the operationalisation of the task force in line with the spirit of BJP’s manifesto and the decision of the cabinet.

He said the meeting focused on mapping of existing and upcoming vacancies across the departments, field offices, autonomous bodies, colleges and universities.

“Assessment of year-wise retirement projections and grade-wise vacancies at field offices, identification of direct recruitment vacancies across departments, rationalisation and streamlining of recruitment processes to ensure transparency and timely appointments and measures to improve manpower availability in remote and difficult areas through suitable policy interventions and incentives were the other areas the meeting focused on,” he added.

The CS said deliberations also covered preparation of annual employment targets, department-wise projections, and robust implementation and monitoring mechanisms to ensure a structured, transparent and future-oriented approach towards public employment in Assam.

He added that over 1.64 lakh recruitments have already been provided during the previous tenure (2021-2026) of the govt through Assam Direct Recruitment Exam and departmental recruitment processes.