Scaling up its model of recruiting private sector experts in Government set up, the Manohar Lal Khattar Government in Haryana has decided to hire 15 young professionals for the planning and implementation of projects in key sectors.
The State Government, which has around 10 months left in its five-year tenure, will recruit these young professionals for getting quality inputs in disciplines like Economics, Finance, Health, Agriculture, Engineering, Urban Development among others.
The Government will attach these experts with various branches of Finance and Planning Department and its other key projects.
With the eligibility criteria of atleast two years post qualification experience with a master’s degree and age limit below 40 years of age, the State Government will be offering these professionals a monthly salary of Rs 40,000 per month.
“The private professionals will assist the State Government in policy planning and work in various divisions in Finance and Planning Department, Haryana,” said a senior official.
“The move to recruit domain experts in policy making is aimed at supplementing Government’s efforts of providing good governance in the State, he said.
The State Government’s latest decision to hire 15 professionals is another attempt in its series of measures to engage people from private sector to enhance its working and expedite implementation of various key projects.
This was started when the BJP led Haryana Government, after coming to the power in 2014, had decided to move away from the tradition in State administration, where bureaucrats used to call the shots in policy making and monitoring.
Instead of preferring its senior bureaucrats, Haryana Government had in 2016 appointed 22 Chief Minister’s good governance associates (CMGGAs) in different districts with an objective to ensure implementation and monitoring of programmes of both Union and State Governments. These CMGGAs have been working with the Deputy Commissioners and other district officials to execute various Government schemes and bring about transformational changes within their districts.
The recruitment process was further enlarged with the State Government later roping in experts from private sector in departments like Finance, Transport, Power, Urban Local Bodies, Education among others.
Such appointments have, however, come under sharp attack from the opposition parties, which have time and again accused the State Government of undermining the democratically-elected representatives, bureaucracy and the constitutional posts.