In a major recruitment drive under the Ghar-Ghar Rozgaar program, the Punjab Government has initiated the process to fill 2,280 posts in various departments. Besides, the Government will also conduct recruitment of constables, and sub-inspectors in Punjab Police soon.
With the Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh’s approval to go ahead with recruitments of constables, head constables and sub-Inspectors in the Punjab Police, the state Director General of Police (DGP) Dinkar Gupta on Thursday exhorted the aspiring candidates to start preparations for the written examination and physical screening tests.
DGP assured the aspirants that the Police recruitments would be carried out in an absolutely fair and transparent manner.
Notably, the Chief Minister on March 20, 2021, had announced that the Punjab Government will be recruiting 10,000 police officials, of which 33 percent will be women, at the level of sub-inspectors, head constables and constables in different cadres, to strengthen the Police deployment at cutting edge level and ensure effective policing.
The cadres to which recruitment is being made include District, Armed, Investigation, Intelligence, and Technical Support Services.
DGP Gupta said that the Punjab Police, in the forthcoming two-three months, shall commence the process of recruitment to fill vacancies of various posts, which shall be undertaken through different State level Recruitment Boards constituted for this purpose.
Divulging details relating to the recruitment of Sub-Inspectors and Head Constables, the DGP said that the aspirants, both men or women, should possess minimum of a Bachelors degree and should be up to 28 years of age as on January 1, 2021, to be eligible (relaxations for certain categories as per government instructions will operate).
Similarly, aspirants for the post of constable, both men or women, who are in the age group of 18-28 years as on January 1, 2021, (relaxations for certain categories as per government instructions will operate) and having an educational qualification of 10-plus-2 will be eligible to apply for the posts of Constables in the Punjab Police, he added.
The DGP added that only the candidates fulfilling minimum physical measurement parameters shall be allowed to appear for the Physical Screening Test which would be different for female candidates and ex-servicemen and details shall be notified separately.
DGP Dinkar Gupta once again made an appeal to the youth of Punjab to seize the opportunity and start preparations for the written and physical screening test in earnest.
Sharing details regarding 2,280 posts to be filled in various departments, the Punjab Subordinate Services Selection Board chairman Raman Behl on Thursday said that the advertisement regarding these posts would be issued soon by the Board.
Behl said: “Under this drive, 847 posts would be of warder and matron in Jails department, 199 posts of legal clerk in the various department to ensure speedy justice to the people, 807 posts of librarian in the Education Department, 56 posts of Senior Industrial Development Officer in the Industry and Commerce Department, and 61 posts of Block Level Extension Officer, 51 posts of Excise and Taxation Examiner, 120 posts of technical assistant in Punjab Warehousing Corporation, 112 posts of supervisors in Social Security Department and 27 posts of Fishery Officers would be filled.”
All members of Board have given their in-principle approval to the recruitment drive and advertisement would be issued soon, he said.
Behl said that as per the commitment of Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh for a fair, transparent recruitment drive, the Board would carry out videography, install jammer, and biometric technology to complete the entire process smoothly.