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Tripura to introduce reservation for sportspersons in govt jobs: Minister

The Tripura government has initiated a process to introduce reservation for sportspersons in government jobs, a minister said here on Friday. The reservation for sportspersons would mainly be in Group C and D category posts, Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Sushanta Chowdhury said. Chief Minister Manik Saha has shown interest in the reservation proposal for sportspersons that will encourage the youth to take up sports activities seriously, said Chowdhury. "We have already collected notifications providing reservation to sportspersons from various state governments including Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and Manipur. It has been observed that some states are giving reservation ranging from 2 to 4 per cent to sportspersons", he said. The minister said reservation of jobs for sportspersons, will encourage youths to take up sports activities seriously. Chowdhury said the Centre has sanctioned Rs 39 crore for building sports infrastructures under Khelo India and the sta

Reserved category certificate not mandatory for govt jobs in Rajasthan

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has approved a proposal allowing candidates from the reserved category to apply for government jobs even if they do not possess an OBC/MBC/EWS certificate. Those belonging to other backward class (OBC), most backward class (MBC) or economically weaker section (EWS) can apply for jobs by submitting an affidavit if they do not have a caste certificate due to any reason, an official statement said on Saturday. Many candidates of various recruitment examinations held this year will be benefited by this decision, it added. According to the circular issued on January 20, it was necessary for the reserved category candidates to have the certificate issued by the competent authority before the last date of filling the application. In compliance with this circular, doubts were arising as the vacancy announcement for Livestock Assistant Direct Recruitment Examination-2021, Junior Engineer Direct Recruitment Examination-2022 and Patwar Direct Recruitment

UK needs to cut 200,000 govt jobs over next few years to avoid debt spiral

Public-sector wages are on track to increase 5% this year, around half the current rate of inflation but higher than budgeted when spending plans were drawn up in 2021.

UPSC starts 'one-time registration' facility for govt job aspirants

The UPSC has started a one time registration (OTR) facility for government job aspirants who will now not be required to fill in their basic details every time they apply for different recruitment examinations. The aspirants, who wish to apply for any future examination of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), are required to register themselves in the OTR platform by filling up their basic personal information indicated therein. "A large number of aspirants apply for a host of examinations conducted by the UPSC throughout the year to select officers for different central government departments/organisations. The OTR platform will help them in saving time and make the application process more easy," a senior official said on Wednesday. Once the registration of an aspirant is completed, the information will remain stored securely in the Commission's servers, the UPSC has said. An aspirant's information will get automatically populated in the online application form of an ...

17,256 vacancies on posts for direct recruitment by Delhi govt departments

There are a total of 17,256 vacancies on posts for direct recruitment by various departments of the Delhi government, officials said

RRB Group D 2022 exam city intimation slip released; Check details here

The Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) has finally released the RRB Group D 2022 exam city intimation slip along with the date link on their official website

NLMC to hire company secretary as it preps for commencing operations

SPV is tasked to monetise 3,479 acres surplus land of state-owned firms

Over 979,000 vacant posts in central govt depts as of Mar '21: Minister

Of the total of 9,79,327 vacant posts, 23,584 are of Group A, 1,18,801 of Group B and 8,36,936 of Group C categories, he said in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha

Now, software to verify sports certificates of govt job aspirants

Candidates submitting fake sports certificates to join government jobs has been a menace for long but now a software has been developed to check the authenticity of these documents

Youth are country's 'asset', but BJP showing them as 'liability': Rahul

"Out of 22 crore youths who queued up for government jobs in the past eight years, 7.22 lakh got jobs, that is, only three out of 1,000," Gandhi said in a tweet in Hindi.

Of 220 million applicants, over 722,000 got govt jobs in 2014-22: Centre

As many as 7,22,311 candidates were recommended by recruiting agencies for appointment in different central government departments from 2014-15 to 2021-22

UPSC recommends 4,119 candidates for govt jobs in 2021-22, lowest in 10 yrs

UPSC recommended 4,119 candidates for different central government jobs during 2021-22, the lowest in 10 years, according to a Personnel Ministry data made public in Lok Sabha on Wednesday

SBI Clerk Notification 2022 to be released soon; check details here

The State Bank of India is expected to release the notification for SBI Clerk 2022 opening anytime this month

How Agnipath is turning the spotlight on India's unemployment crisis

A military recruitment plan (Agnipath) in India that sparked last month's violent protests is turning the spotlight on an unemployment crisis plaguing the $3.2 trillion economy

Job seekers fume over Agnipath Scheme's shortened military contracts

Analysts say the move will also bring down the Indian military's burgeoning pension bill, potentially allowing the country to spend more on new weapons

IAF receives over 200,000 applications under Agnipath scheme in 6 days

The registration process that began on June 24 had seen filing of 94,281 applications by Monday and 56,960 applications till Sunday

IAF receives 56,960 applications under Agnipath scheme in three days

'56960! That's the total number of applications received till date from future Agniveers in response to the Agnipath recruitment application process'

Saving money to skilling soldiers: Agnipath's bold battle plan for military

The expected savings on salary and pension bills needs to be set against the problems of jobs for trained soldiers discharged from service and the relationship between Agniveers and regular full-time

SSC to fill about 70,000 vacancies in central government departments

The candidates are advised to visit the website of the Commission -- www. ssc.nic.in -- at regular intervals for further updates, the government recruitment body said in the notice dated June 20

Congress' opposition to Agnipath scheme politically motivated: V K Singh

Union Minister and former Army Chief General V K Singh (retd) on Tuesday attacked the Congress over its opposition to the Centre's Agnipath recruitment scheme calling it 'politically motivated'