The Uttarakhand Govern-ment’s decision to allow the unemployed to enroll themselves at the employment offices till the last date of submitting the application for recruitment forms prompted unemployed youths to throng the employment offices of the State on Tuesday.
Giving relief to the unemployed youths, the State Government has ordered that they can now register themselves with the employment offices till the last date of filling the recruitment forms, earlier the job applicants had to register themselves in the employment offices at least three months before the date of recruitment notifications.
Enthused by the Government’s decision, large number of jobless youths thronged the employment offices to register them. The employment office in Dehradun saw long queues of these youths who waited patiently for hours to get the job registration cards.
Abhinay Bhat a jobless youth told The Pioneer that he was disappointed when he came to know that he would not be eligible for filling the recruitment form as he had not registered in the employment office.
“But now I have got the opportunity to at least apply for the job” the happy youngster said. Neelam Naithani Officer on Special Duty in the Regional Employment Office Dehradun said that there has been a surge in candidates applying for registrations in employment offices.
The youths have to a fill a form and attach the copies of their educational qualification along with residential proof to get the registration certificate which is valid for three years.