Ranchi: The Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC) has prepared a calendar for the host of examinations and interviews it will conduct with an aim to fill up the vacancies in various government departments during the current year. The schedule assumes importance as the state government has dedicated 2021 to employment and issued directions for recruitment in government jobs.
Official sources said JPSC plans to conduct preliminary examination for Combined Civil Services Exam-2021 on May 2 while the main examinations will be held in the fourth week of September. The interview is scheduled between December 15 and 28 while the result is expected on January 31, 2022. Notably there are 230 vacancies even with three departments yet to submit their requirement.
Furthermore, JPSC aims to conduct interview for 140 posts of assistant director and sub-divisional agriculture officers under the department of agriculture and animal husbandry in the third week of March and declare the results by April 15. Written examination for these posts have already been held and evaluation is going on. Also, interviews for 637 posts of assistant engineers in road construction, drinking water and sanitation departments will be held in the fourth week of April and the results will be declared on May 20.
The interview for post of five scientific officers of mines and geology department will be held on February 19 and the results will be out on February 28. The written examination for 63 assistant engineers (civil, mechanical and electrical) in urban development department will be held from March 8 to 10. The interviews will be in June and results on July 8.
JPSC has proposed to conduct main examinations for 16 posts of accounts officer in the urban development department from May 27 to 29. The interviews will be held in August with the results expected on August 31. The preliminary examination for Combined Civil Services (backlog) 2017 of the personnel department is on April 25 while main examinations in July. The interviews will take place in September with the results to be declared on September 30.
Similarly, the interview for posts of 143 assistant public prosecutors is scheduled in March while the results are expected on April 15. The written examination for the posts has already taken place. It may be stated here that JPSC is also assigned responsibility for making appointment of faculty members in the universities for which the necessary exercise is going on.