Govt hands out job letters to 27,000

GHAR GHAR ROZGAR MISSION 24,000 of the jobs in pvt sector; govt signs 34 pacts with industry bodies to recruit another 50,000

a function where chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh shared experiences from his ‘job life’, the Punjab government on Tuesday said, 27,000 appointment letters, including 3,000 for government posts, were handed over to jobless youth from the state at a mega job fair organised under its ‘Ghar Ghar Rozgar Mission’.

The CM addressed the gathering in Mohali, where students from many education institutes attended, and personally handed over job letters to 25.

“For a new job-seeker, some of the salaries offered might be low, but money follows hard work and dedication. My starting salary in the army was ~350 per month,” he told the students, adding that the salary packages ranged between ~1.25 lakh and 21 lakh per annum.

The technical education department of the Punjab government in association with Chandigarh University and Lovely Professional University organised the job fair, across the state, from August 21 to September 2. Amarinder announced that the next job fair will be held in February.

On Tuesday, the government signed 34 memoranda of understanding (MoUs) with industrial houses to give employment to at least 2.36 lakh youth, with targeted recruitment of 50,000. On behalf of the government, the department of commerce and industries signed these deals with the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Mohali Industries Association, Assocham and PHDCCI. The employment generation department has inked agreements with Ola and Uber.

Amarinder called upon

employers to captialise on the opportunity that the state government was providing and asked them to invest in Punjab’s human capital.

Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) president Sunil Jakhar, cabinet ministers — health Brahm Mohindra, finance and employment Manpreet Singh Badal, technical education minister Charanjit Singh Channi, local bodies Navjot Singh Sidhu, higher education minister Aruna Chaudhary and chief minister’s media adviser Raveen Thukral — were also present.

PWD ENGINEERS SEEK FULL SALARY

Among those handed over the appointment letters on Monday were 29 sub-divisional engineers with the Public Wokrs Department (PWD). Their recruitment test was held in December last year, but with the poll code in place, appointment was delayed.

“For three years, we will get be paid lump sum salary of ~15,600 a month, the starting basic scale,” said a newly recruited SDE, adding that the probation of three years be reduced to six months. After the period, they sought basic salary, along with perks.