To fulfil the Chief Minister’s promise of providing one lakh government jobs to youth in the remaining term of his government, the Punjab Cabinet on Wednesday approved a State Employment Plan 2020-22, to fill vacant jobs in government departments, boards, corporations and agencies in a phased time-bound manner.
The recruitment will be done on Central government pay scales, in line with the earlier Cabinet decision to this effect. A state-level function will be held on Independence Day, 2021 for the formal joining of the selected candidates in government posts during the year 2020-21. The function will be presided over by Chief Minister Amarinder Singh.
As per the plan approved by the Cabinet, all departments may advertise their respective vacancies by 31 October 2020, to take forward the process of recruitment. The Administrative Departments would be solely responsible to ensure transparent and fair recruitment within the stipulated time schedule.
According to an official spokesperson, the Cabinet has also authorised the Chief Minister to make such amendments/additions/deletions as the situation may warrant, concerning various issues/proposals, after obtaining the advice of Departments of Personnel and Finance.
The Chief Minister had in March announced that 50,000 direct quota vacant government posts shall be filled in FY 2020-21 and another 50,000 posts in fiscal 2021-22, as a part of his flagship programme ‘Ghar Ghar Rozgar’.
Meanwhile, the Punjab government has opted for a 33% reservation for women at the direct recruitment in the Punjab Civil Services. The state Cabinet on Wednesday approved the Punjab Civil Services (Reservation of Posts for Women) Rules, 2020, to provide such reservation for women for direct recruitment to posts in Government, as well as recruitment to Boards and Corporations in Group A, B, C and D posts.