The Chief Minister said that as against the reference of 1888 gazetted posts to the PSC for making selection, the Commission has made selections for 3275 posts clearing the backlog also. Similarly, the Service Selection Board has made 14611 selections as against the 10993 posts referred to the Board for making selections thus also clearing the backlogs.
Omar Abdullah said that wherever required recruitment process will be further accelerated and steps taken to clear the backlogs pending in the selection of candidates for district cadre posts.
“My government is endeavouring to engage more and more youth in government sector besides working for expanding employment generation orbit as a whole”, he said and added that unemployment crisis in the State is a biggest challenge and the concern of legislature and the government is in this regard is equal.
Replying the supplementaries raised by various legislators in Legislative Council on the main question regarding the filling up of vacancies in various departments, the Chief Minister said that government was keen to fill up the posts on fast track and provide job opportunity to the youth in the government sector. “All the departments have been directed to give priority to the process of referring vacant posts to PSC and SSRB for early selection”, he added.
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