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  • Nitish Kumar: Will exceed target of creating 10 lakh govt jobs in Bihar: Nitish Kumar

    Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday asserted that his government was looking forward to not just achieving but “exceeding” the target of creating 10 lakh government jobs in the state. Speaking at a function organised for the distribution of appointment letters to newly recruited teachers, Kumar said his government provided appointment letters to 96,823 newly recruited teachers at all district headquarters in the state during the day.

    “Here at Gandhi Maidan, a total of 26,935 newly recruited teachers are getting their appointment letters. We have so far provided government jobs to 3.63 lakh people in the state,” he claimed.

    “We will soon achieve the target of providing 10 lakh government jobs to youths of the state. Let me make it very clear that we will not just achieve the target but exceed it… the state government is working in that direction,” the CM said. Besides, five lakh employment opportunities have been created for the state’s youths, and around 3.68 lakh contractual teachers will soon get government employee status after clearing competency examinations, he said.

    After the formation of Grand Alliance government in Bihar in August 2022, Kumar had announced that his government would create at least 10 lakh government jobs and an additional 10 lakh “employment opportunities” in several sectors.

    “We have distributed appointment letters to over 2 lakh newly recruited teachers in the last 70 days,” he said, adding the drive will continue. “Of the over 2 lakh newly recruited teachers, 85 per cent are from Bihar, while the remaining 15 per cent are from Rajasthan, Haryana, West Bengal, Kerala, Maharashtra, Jharkhand, Odisha and Chandigarh. People hailing from Bihar also get appointments in other states,” he said.

    The Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) did a commendable job by conducting the recruitment process of teachers so smoothly, he added.

  • No changes to be made in rules and norms of reservation for SC, BC in govt jobs: Haryana CM Khattar

    By PTI
    CHANDIGARH: Haryana Chief Minister M L Khattar on Tuesday announced in the Assembly that there will be no change in the rules and norms of reservation for Scheduled Castes (SC) and Backward Classes (BC) in government jobs.

    The existing rules will remain, Khattar said, responding to the points raised by the opposition regarding changes brought by the state government to allow any person living in Haryana for five years to get a domicile certificate as against the earlier requirement of 15 years.

    Khattar was responding to the discussion of the motion of thanks to the governor’s address in the Assembly.

    On some issues flagged by opposition members regarding the government’s policy to reserve 75 per cent private sector jobs for local youths, Khattar said Haryana was not the only state to have such a provision.

    “Whatever is in the interest of our state, we will do that,” he said, adding if any changes are to be made, the government will do so.

    “We don’t have any pressure,” he said.

    Giving 75 per cent reservation in private sector jobs was a key poll promise of the BJP’s ally Jannayak Janta Party (JJP).

    On the issue of farmers, he said their interests are paramount for the state government which had taken a number of steps for their welfare.

    The chief minister said that state government is committed to economic development and prosperity of farmers of the state.

    Khattar said the state government has also taken steps to increase crushing capacity of sugar mills.

    The chief minister said that to reduce water consumption, the state government had urged farmers to adopt crop diversification and this decision too drew a lot of criticism initially.

    Under the Distress Ration Scheme, 4.86 lakh families were provided free ration for three months, he said.

    He accused the opposition Congress of misleading people about the rate of unemployment in the state, and said its members were quoting figures from a private agency which were not correct.