Against 7,000 posts of constables advertised recently in the State, Haryana Public Service Commission has received approximately two lakh online applications during the last 10 days.
Out of these, eight to ten per cent candidates are having graduation or post graduation educational degrees, said Haryana Director General of Police, Yash Pal Singal on Friday.
He said that Haryana Government has implemented the Transparent Recruitment Process (TRP) for direct recruitment in Haryana Police. For this, the government has amended the relevant recruitment rules with a view to provide a fair, impartial, transparent, objective, tamperproof, scientific, merit-based and technology driven selection process which was able to withstand judicial scrutiny in accordance with the recommendation of the Union Ministry of Home Affairs.
He said that with the use of modern technology and just five marks for the interview test out of total 100 marks, the entire recruitment process would be totally merit based and fully transparent.
The DGP added that TRP has a well defined procedure adequately reinforced by scientific technology. The technology involved in the selection process include online receipt of application, biometric and barcode technology to tackle impersonations, radio frequency identification device chip timing technology for physical screening test to ensure accuracy, optical mark recognition technology for marking answer sheets of knowledge test; standardized digital physical measurement devices with display monitors and interface with the computer for automatic data entry, CCTV and videography of selection process and provision to keep candidates informed about his achievements or status every stage of the selection process.