A detailed review meeting was held on the operationalisation of the chief secretary-led task force constituted for creation of two lakh government jobs in Assam over the next five years in line with the decision of the Assam Cabinet.
The meeting, chaired by Assam chief secretary Ravi Kota, focused on the mapping of existing and anticipated vacancies across departments, field offices, autonomous bodies, colleges, universities, missions and societies.
Key aspects discussed include assessment of year-wise retirement projections and grade-wise vacancies in field offices; identification of direct recruitment vacancies across departments; rationalisation and streamlining of recruitment processes to ensure transparency and timely appointments and measures to improve manpower availability in remote and difficult areas through suitable policy interventions and incentives.
“Additionally, discussions were held on promotion of entrepreneurship and self-employment initiatives through schemes such as Chief Minister’s Atmanirbhar Asom Abhijan (CMAAA) and allied programmes alongside direct Government recruitment,” the chief secretary said.
Deliberations also covered preparation of annual employment targets, department-wise projections, and robust implementation and monitoring mechanisms to ensure a structured, transparent and future-oriented approach towards public employment in Assam.
It was noted that over 1.64 lakh recruitments have already been undertaken during the previous tenure of the government through Assam Direct Recruitment Exam (ADRE) and departmental recruitment processes.
The chief secretary all concerned departments to undertake detailed internal assessments and furnish actionable inputs for preparation of the five-year roadmap.
