From Sandeep Sharma
GUWAHATI, June 28: A core committee led by state’s chief secretary Jishnu Baruah was constituted in the second meeting of the high-powered committee chaired by state finance minister Ajanta Neog to initiate the procedure for providing one lakh government jobs to the unemployed youth of the state.
The Assam government has constituted the high powered committee led by Neog in its first cabinet meeting on May 11 to prepare a roadmap for creation of 1 lakh jobs in the state government departments.
In the meeting, heads of all the departments urged the minister for creation of new posts in addition to existing vacant posts in the government departments.
“The state government will give top priority to the home, education and health sectors in providing jobs to the unemployed youth,” Neog said in the meeting.
“In addition to this, third and fourth graded posts will be created in various administrative offices in newly-created districts of the state,” Neog said.
So far, the departments have submitted 80,000 vacancy statuses to the high power committee.
The committee also asked the departments to submit status of newly created posts to the finance department within four days.
The committee will apprise chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma about the roadmap for recruitment of 1 lakh youth after receipt of the reports from various government departments, Neog added.
The committee has chief secretary, principal secretary to the chief minister, principal secretaries of health, education and home departments as its members.
The move would mean an additional expenditure of Rs 3,600 crore annually towards payment of salaries.
Creating one lakh jobs a year for the unemployed youth of Assam is one of the poll promises the BJP made in the run-up to the state assembly elections.
