IEP Chandigarh June 22
In the 57 years of the formation of Haryana, the State, during the last eight years, has witnessed several new pathbreaking initiatives under the leadership of Chief Minister, Sh Manohar Lal. The youth from far-flung Dhanis in the State to Global Cities are getting government jobs purely on the merit basis without any recommendations whereas, the previous government lacked merit as well as transparency in the government jobs.
As soon as Chief Minister Sh. Manohar Lal took over the reign of the administration in the State, Mission Merit has been implemented to ensure that only meritorious youth got government jobs and that too through a transparent recruitment policy, the results of which are clearly visible in every corner of the State. The coaching centres which were once on the verge of closure today witness long queues of youth aspiring to get coaching for various competitive examinations. There is a belief among the youth that they would have to get into the merit if they want a government job. It would not be an exaggeration to say that this is the beginning of a new educationally competitive era in the state. E-libraries are being set up at village level so that the youth could have easy access to the facilities at the local level itself for preparation of competitive examinations.
On the initiative of the Chief Minister, for the first time, the Haryana Staff Selection Commission (HSSC) has started the Combined Eligibility Test (CET) for recruitment, giving the youth an option of posts according to their educational qualification. The Chief Minister claims that about 86,000 jobs were given during the 10-year tenure of the previous Congress Government in the State whereas, the present State Government has so far given about 1,10,000 government jobs. Apart from this, recruitment processes for additional 60,000 jobs are under active consideration of Haryana Public Service Commission (HPSC) and Haryana Staff Selection Commission (HSSC). The Chief Minister has said that our target of providing jobs to the youth is more than double that of the Congress Government and the number of jobs would exceed 1,70,000 by the completion of the second consecutive term of the State Government in the year 2024.
While taking the initiative to bring under one roof, the employees hired on contract basis in various departments, boards and corporations through contractors and service providers under the outsourcing policy, Haryana Kaushal Rozgar Nigam has been constituted. This has also provided relief to the contractual employees from the exploitation of the contractors. Under the outsourcing policy, about one lakh employees have so far been accommodated in various departments through the Corporation.
