Congress Govt ditches job aspirants again

In a bitter disappointment to lakhs of unemployed youth and government job aspirants in the State, the Congress government appears to have once again failed to deliver on its assurance.

The much-anticipated Group – I services notification, along with other job announcements, in the month of October as assured by the government in its job calendar, is unlikely to see the light of the day anytime soon.

During the assembly elections, the Congress party had assured filling up of 2 lakh vacancies within a year into the government, a promise that several unemployed youth now feel as hollow.

Citing the implementation of the sub categorization of the Scheduled Castes in accordance with the Supreme Court’s recent verdict, the government appears to have effectively sidelined its job calendar.

The newly constituted one-man commission for implementation of the SC sub-categorization has been given a 60-day deadline for coming up with a report. The new job notifications will be issued based on the report submitted by the commission. This means, there will not be any fresh job notifications for a minimum of 60-days.

Considering delay in submission of reports by Commissions appointed by the government to probe Kaleshwaram project and power purchases, the unemployed youth are apprehensive about issuance



of the fresh recruitment notifications as assured in the job calendar.

Further, the government instructed officials concerned to commence the Backward Classes caste survey in the State and submit a report in 60-days. Following this, elections to panchayats are expected. If the government notifies elections, the issuance of new recruitment notifications will further be delayed.

The government, aiming to entice the unemployed youth with prospect of 2 lakh jobs as assured in the State Assembly elections, announced a job calendar on the Legislative Assembly floor in August this year. Engineer and other posts in TG TRANSCO, TG NPDCL and TG SPDCL, gazetted category engineering services, and Group – I notification with 19 categories posts have been scheduled for October release in the calendar.

So far, only 11,062 teacher vacancies, 563 Group – I posts and 272 staff nurse posts have been notified by the government. In fact, out of 11,062 teacher vacancies and 563 Group – I posts, 5,089 vacancies and 503 posts respectively have already been notified by the previous BRS government.

Further, in its election manifesto, the Congress party assured unemployment allowance of Rs. 4,000 to every unemployed youth till they secure employment or livelihood opportunities. However, the assurance just remained on the paper, so far.