Times of India | 4 days ago | 25-11-2022 | 04:36 am
Panaji: Calling for a zero-tolerance approach to bribes-for-jobs, chief minister Pramod Sawant on Thursday appealed to citizens to report such cases to either the police, ministers or MLAs. Stating that persons asking for bribes in exchange for government jobs need to be arrested, Sawant said, “My government runs on the principle of na khaunga na khane dunga.”The chief minister, who was addressing the Rojgaar Melava organised by the state government at Raj Bhavan, said recruitment to government departments through the Goa Staff Selection Commission (SSC) will begin from January. Eligible and capable candidates and not those with influence will be recruited, Sawant said. “Youth have to give only one exam for peon to LDC posts. For one peon post 5,000 applications and for five LDC posts 10,000 applications have been received. With the SSC, youth don’t have to repeatedly appear for exams and they also don’t have to run to MLAs,” Sawant said. Of the 1,250 joining letters given to candidates at the Rojgaar Melava, 900 are for the police department, 189 for the directorate of fire and emergency services, 59 for the directorate of agriculture, 54 for the directorate of planning, statistics and evaluation, and 11 for the department of river navigation. “When you get jobs without paying money, you should work dedicatedly for the people of the state,” Sawant said.“Our government is transparent and people-oriented. Still there are some who are trying to make false propaganda and some others who are trying to take advantage by promising government jobs in exchange for money. Those useless people should be arrested,” he said. “I am of the clear opinion that in case anyone approaches anyone for money for a government job then a complaint should be filed with the police department or a direct complaint should be made to MLAs or ministers,” the chief minister said.Prime Minister Narendra Modi, he said, has set a target to provide 10 lakh jobs. While 64 Goan youth have joined central government departments, Sawant said that in the past seven month, besides 1,250 jobs, around 500 candidates have been directly recruited in various government departments and 1,200 have got jobs at the Mopa airport. In the case of the recent job fair organised for 4,000 vacancies, 1,000 candidates have got offer letters, 1,000 have been called for a second interview and 2,000 jobs are still available, he said.The chief minister said that it is the vision of his government to provide government or private jobs to all those willing to be employed. “We have taken the initiative to make sure that not a single youth in the state remains unemployed,” Sawant said. He said that there two lakh opportunities will become available in the hospitality sector within the next five years and that the youth should get trained in some skill or should upgrade their skill.
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