Goa govt to complete 10,000 recruitments by December 31

PANAJI: With the assembly elections fast approaching, the state government has set December 31 as its target for completing recruitments in all departments and autonomous bodies.
In June, chief minister Pramod Sawant had said that the state government would fill 10,000 vacancies in various departments over the next six months.
On Thursday, he will hold a meeting with all heads of departments (HoDs) and managing directors of corporations, agencies, and boards at the secretariat.
A senior official said that the state government is expecting the model code of conduct to come into force anytime after December, and hence has decided that the recruitments should be completed before that.
He said that since the code can come into force at any moment (after December), the government has decided to speed up both recruitment as well as project completion.
A political observer said that it is necessary for the chief minister to complete whatever tasks he has in his hands before the elections are announced, else it could backfire on the government as a lot of people are aspiring for the jobs advertised by the government.
The official said that the chief minister wants to know the status of how many posts were advertised and how many are filled. He also wants to know when new posts will be advertised and the timeline to complete the recruitment. In the next few weeks, more jobs will be advertised, he added.
Thursday’s meeting, apart from discussing recruitments to be carried out before December 31, will also touch upon new reforms, initiatives and schemes to be launched or implemented before the end of the year. The meeting will also discuss new projects to be inaugurated before that date.
The chief minister has sought details on recruitments scheduled in departments, which have been given a particular format in which they have to furnish details pertaining to the discussion to be held at the meeting.
The state assembly election is scheduled early next year. Political parties have already geared up for the polls and even BJP has launched its election campaign to reach out to the voters.