Panaji: Amidst the confusion among the cabinet ministers over recruitment in govt departments, CM Pramod Sawant told ministers that the recruitment of Group-C posts will be conducted through the Goa Staff Selection Commission (SSC).
During the cabinet meeting, the ministers asked questions about recruitment. Revenue minister Atanasio ‘Babush’ Monserrate asked the chief minister who would conduct the recruitment of Group-C posts. “I asked the CM whether departments will recruit Group-C posts or if it will be done by individual departments,” Monserrate told TOI.
Monserrate said that the CM told the ministers during the meeting that it is Union govt’s policy that recruitment should be conducted through the commission, and the same will be followed in the state.
Sawant told the ministers that there are around 3,000 vacancies in different departments, including lower division clerks and multi-tasking staff (MTS), among others, and the advertisement will be issued soon to fill those vacancies. “The recruitment would be done through SSC,” he said.
Sawant constituted the SSC and directed all govt departments to carry out recruitment through the SSC.
Earlier this month, the BJP central leadership tried to resolve the differences between Sawant and health minister Vishwajit Rane, which were out in the open over providing employment to youths in the state. After the intervention of the BJP central leadership, it was agreed that the recruitment would be carried out by each department, instead of through SSC.
Recently, Rane had said that if govt couldn’t provide employment to youths, govt is not required and even went to the extent of saying that he would tell the people at the right time what they have to do.
“We have to create jobs. If govt could not create jobs, in the next two and a half years it will create 22,000 jobs,” Rane said and added that jobs have to be generated department-wise.
Reeling under severe unemployment and a growing chorus about Goa’s jobless rate, state govt recently floated an advertisement to recruit around 1,000 people.
Sawant came under criticism from the opposition and his cabinet colleagues after the Union Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation’s Periodic Labour Force Survey 2023-24 report showed that Goa’s unemployment rate is higher than the national average.
During the cabinet meeting, the ministers asked questions about recruitment. Revenue minister Atanasio ‘Babush’ Monserrate asked the chief minister who would conduct the recruitment of Group-C posts. “I asked the CM whether departments will recruit Group-C posts or if it will be done by individual departments,” Monserrate told TOI. Monserrate said that the CM told the ministers during the meeting that it is Union govt’s policy that recruitment should be conducted through the commission, and the same will be followed in the state.
Sawant told the ministers that there are around 3,000 vacancies in different departments, including lower division clerks and multi-tasking staff (MTS), among others, and the advertisement will be issued soon to fill those vacancies. “The recruitment would be done through SSC,” he said.
Sawant constituted the SSC and directed all govt departments to carry out recruitment through the SSC.
Earlier this month, the BJP central leadership tried to resolve the differences between Sawant and health minister Vishwajit Rane, which were out in the open over providing employment to youths in the state. After the intervention of the BJP central leadership, it was agreed that the recruitment would be carried out by each department, instead of through SSC.
Recently, Rane had said that if govt couldn’t provide employment to youths, govt is not required and even went to the extent of saying that he would tell the people at the right time what they have to do.
“We have to create jobs. If govt could not create jobs, in the next two and a half years it will create 22,000 jobs,” Rane said and added that jobs have to be generated department-wise.
Reeling under severe unemployment and a growing chorus about Goa’s jobless rate, state govt recently floated an advertisement to recruit around 1,000 people.
Sawant came under criticism from the opposition and his cabinet colleagues after the Union Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation’s Periodic Labour Force Survey 2023-24 report showed that Goa’s unemployment rate is higher than the national average.
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