10 lakh jobs: Existing govt vacancies to account for most, 90% at lowest levels | India News,The Indian Express
Sources said while it is not easy to undertake such large-scale recruitment in a short span of 18 months, the bigger challenge will be post-recruitment training and induction, and later promotions.
The Union government will need to budget about Rs 4,500 crore a month for the 10 lakh jobs it has promised in mission mode over the next 18 months. Annually, it will cost the exchequer about Rs 54,000 crore.
Almost entirely, these are existing vacancies or posts remaining unfilled over the past few due a generally slow and complex recruitment process, court interventions, and more recently the Covid-19 pandemic.
A government source said, 90 per cent or more of these unfilled jobs or vacancies are in the Group C category comprising clerks, peons, and semi-skilled workers. The cost to the government for a fresh Group C employee is roughly Rs 40,000 a month.
Sources in the government said while it is not easy to undertake such large-scale recruitment in a short span of 18 months, the bigger challenge will be post-recruitment training and induction, and later promotions. “Such one-shot recruitment will mean all these employees will be eligible for promotion together,” said a source.
An analysis of official government data shows there were 8.72 lakh vacant posts across 77 ministries/ departments as on March 1, 2020. Of this, just five ministries or departments– Defence (Civil), Railways, Home Affairs, Posts and Revenue – accounted for 90 per cent.
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