ESL Narasimhan dangles one lakh jobs promise

Hyderabad: Governor ESL Narasimhan made it clear that the State government was committed to fill up one lakh vacancies in the government sector in a period of five years as assured at the time of formation of Telangana State.

Addressing the joint session of the State Legislature on the opening day of the budget session on Friday, the Governor said as a part of this commitment, so far recruitment of 5,936 posts had been completed through Telangana State Public Service Commission. In addition, 2,681 posts were filled up in the power sector and 4,500 in the Singareni Collieries.

Further, 3,950 persons were recruited in Telangana State Road Transport Corporation and 10,422 posts were filled up in the Police Department, With this, the total recruitment after formation of the State had gone up to 27,481. Notification would be issued to fill up 12,000 news posts shortly, he explained.

The Governor further said the State government intended to regularise the services 20,000 contract employees and 24,000 outsourced employees in the power sector. Further, 24,000 posts are likely to be sanctioned for the newly-established residential schools, of which, 8,000 posts will be filled up this year and the remaining 16,000 in the next two years.

Apart from these, large scale recruitment of teachers is also being planned. The dependent employees of Singareni Collieries were being provided with employment, he said and added that by filling up all these posts through a time-bound action plan, the government aims to fulfil its assurance of providing recruitment opportunities for one lakh persons.