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UP CM Announces One Lakh Government Appointments Within Six Months
Uttar Pradesh’s chief minister said the government plans to give appointment letters to one lakh young people within six months.
The letters will reportedly be issued in stages.
He made the announcement in Lucknow while handing letters to agricultural department workers.
The recipients included 3,446 technical assistants and 126 market secretaries.
He said more than 9.30 lakh young people had received government jobs since 2017.
He said hiring was based on merit and followed reservation rules.
He also asked recruitment bodies to finish hiring faster.
The chief minister criticized the older system for corruption, copying and delays.
He said Uttar Pradesh has enough sugar and that countries including Japan, Germany and Israel want to employ young people from the state.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said the state will issue appointment letters to one lakh youths within six months.
The announcement came in Lucknow as letters were given to 3,446 technical assistants and 126 market secretaries.
Adityanath said more than 9.30 lakh youths had received government jobs since 2017 through merit-based, reservation-compliant recruitment.
He directed recruitment boards and commissions to issue advertisements within a month and complete recruitment processes within six months of requisition.
Adityanath accused the pre-2017 system of corruption, delays and copying, while claiming that Uttar Pradesh has ample sugar stocks and rising overseas job interest.
- Who
- Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath; Agriculture Minister Surya Pratap Shahi and Minister of State for Agriculture Baldev Singh Aulakh were also present.
- What
- The state announced plans to issue one lakh government appointment letters to youths within six months and defended its recruitment record since 2017.
- Where
- An appointment-letter distribution programme at Indira Gandhi Pratishthan in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.
- When
- Tuesday, August 25; the reports do not specify the year.
- Why
- Adityanath said the appointments would use young people’s skills for state development and reflect a more transparent recruitment process.
Adityanath Government’s Position
Claims About the Earlier System
Recruitment fairness
Adityanath Government’s Position
The government says more than 9.30 lakh appointments since 2017 were transparent, merit-based, reservation-compliant and free of discrimination, transactions and recommendations.
Claims About the Earlier System
Adityanath alleged that the pre-2017 system involved corruption, favoritism, money power and unfair distribution of jobs. The reports do not include a response from the earlier governments.
Recruitment speed
Adityanath Government’s Position
The government says recruitment bodies should issue advertisements within a month and complete examinations and results within six months of receiving a requisition.
Claims About the Earlier System
Adityanath said applicants under the earlier system waited for results, faced court stays and sometimes lost eligibility for other examinations because of delays.
Examination integrity
Adityanath Government’s Position
Adityanath said current examinations are conducted without copying and that Uttar Pradesh Board examinations and results are now completed within 14 days each.
Claims About the Earlier System
He alleged that the previous system encouraged copying and weakened education for political popularity. No opposing response is reported.
Key facts
- Appointment target
- One lakh government appointment letters within six months.
- Jobs claimed since 2017
- More than 9.30 lakh government jobs.
- Letters distributed
- 3,446 to technical assistants and 126 to market secretaries.
- Recruitment standards
- Merit, reservation rules, transparency and non-discrimination.
- Proposed recruitment timeline
- Advertisements within one month, examinations within the following two months, and results and recruitment completed within six months of requisition.
- Sugar stocks cited
- Uttar Pradesh consumes about four lakh tonnes of sugar monthly and reportedly holds 28 lakh tonnes in stock; another 90 lakh tonnes was forecast after mills restart.
- Overseas employment claim
- Adityanath said Japan, Germany and Israel were seeking workers from Uttar Pradesh; one report said 5,000 Uttar Pradesh youths had gone to Israel.
Quotes
Yogi Adityanath
Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
“The government has provided government jobs to more than 9.30 lakh youth in a transparent manner without discrimination over the last nine years. In Uttar Pradesh, one lakh jobs were once only an imagination, but we are going to hand over government job appointment letters to one lakh youth within the next six months. The process of declaring results is underway.”
freepressjournal.in
“I want to assure the youth across the state that within the next six months--please note, within the next six months we are going to issue government appointment letters to 100,000 young people, distributed in batches every week.”
republicworld.com
Sources
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