Assam Grade

Guwahati, Dec 08: The Assam cabinet decided to reserve two percent of government jobs in the Grade I and II categories for former defense personnel.

“We want that defense personnel who retire as majors, colonels, and other ranks to get into Assam government service so that a new work culture gets inculcated among employees,” chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said after the meeting held in Guwahati.

The cabinet decided to provide new ration cards to 4 million more beneficiaries across the state making them eligible for several government schemes including free rice every month.

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It was also decided to do away with two optional papers that candidates had to take for state public service commission exams and instead make it a level playing field for all applicants.

“It was seen that candidates opting for some subjects scored more than those appearing in other subjects. From now questions from all subjects will be included in the general papers. This has already been done in some states,” the CM said.

In order to fulfill the government’s promise of providing 100,000 jobs, the cabinet approved the setting up of a new forest battalion having 1100 personnel, filling up 1700 vacant posts in the forest department, and recruitment of nearly 7000 more regular and contractual teachers.

“We have already provided 40,000 jobs in the past one and half years and the process to recruit 30,000 more is underway. We will try to provide 100,000 jobs by the first half of next year,” the CM said.