‘No extension for PSC rank lists’

Thiruvananthapuram: Chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan said that the government has not taken a decision to extend the tenure of the PSC rank lists expiring between April 2020 and March 2021, while rubbishing reports that they will be extended by a year.
He said that all department heads were given strict instructions to report vacancies as soon as they arise and hence there should not be a delay in the recruitments from the rank lists. If there are vacancies that are not reported to PSC, then there will be strict action against the department heads concerned. The administrative vigilance wing is monitoring the situation, said the chief minister.
He added that cybercrime experts are providing training to PSC officials to detect cybercrime when candidates use electronic equipment in exam halls. All measures have been taken to avoid any kind of unethical practices inside exam halls. Though no decision has been taken to install CCTV cameras in exam halls, the government is ensuring that exams are conducted in the most-transparent way.
Category change in ration cards
Food and civil supplies minister P Thilothaman said in the assembly that 39,068 card holders from the priority list haven’t purchased rations for three consecutive months. These people have been removed from the category and shifted to general cadre. More card holders, who have been removed from the priority lists, are from Thiruvananthapuram (6,040), Ernakulam (5,277), Palakkad (4,278), Kollam (4,235) and Alappuzha (3,270). The minister said the civil supplies corporation has already introduced an option to give up ration facility for six months and 917 cared holders have used this option.
Migrant populace
Vijayan said the government has not received reports that among the migrant labourers in state there are people from Bangladesh or other countries.tnn