Bhagwant Mann hands out 866 govt jobs, says youth migration abroad is declining
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Saturday handed over appointment letters for 866 government jobs and said the decline in the number of young people
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Saturday handed over appointment letters for 866 government jobs and said the decline in the number of young people moving abroad showed growing faith in the system. He said the state had replaced an earlier recruitment system marked by bribery and recommendations with a transparent process based on merit. At the event in Mohali, CM Mann said his government had so far provided 69,094 government jobs with complete transparency. He also linked the government’s employment and education push to Punjab’s performance in school education, saying the state had overtaken Kerala to rank first in the country and that 882 government school students had cleared NEET this year. Read Full Story Of the 866 appointments, 636 were in the Health and Family Welfare Department, including 614 staff nurses. Mann said, “Hard work and dedication have been the sole criteria for selection. Gone are the days when jobs were given on the basis of bribery or recommendations.
Today, the state government gives jobs only to eligible candidates. All appointments are made purely on the basis of merit, transparency and fairness, without any recommendation or political influence.” In a post on X later, he said, “Today, appointment letters were handed over to 866 youths in Mohali. Our government has so far provided 69,094 government jobs with complete transparency. The youths’ confidence in the system has grown, and the trend of them moving abroad has declined.” Criticising previous governments, Mann said they had ignored the interests of the people. “They were only concerned about their own welfare, so how could they think about the common people? They indulged in rampant corruption and favouritism and doled out jobs only to their near and dear ones,” he said. Mann said transparent recruitment had helped reduce migration. “The immensely talented youth of Punjab were forced to move abroad, thereby jeopardising the state’s socio-economic development.
However, we reversed this trend after assuming power in 2022. The state government has succeeded in creating employment opportunities for youth in every village, town and city of Punjab,” he said. On education, Mann said the government had focused on improving schools and training teachers. “The current government paid special attention to improving government schools. Teachers were sent abroad to Singapore and Finland, besides IIM Ahmedabad, for advanced training so that they could acquaint themselves with the latest methods of teaching and improve the students’ learning outcomes,” he said. He added, “Structural upgrades have also been carried out in government schools in terms of new furniture, IT-enabled teaching modules, well-equipped libraries and sanitation facilities. Campus managers have also been appointed in government schools to take care of their development-related needs.” He said the efforts had produced results. “As many as 882 government school students cleared the NEET exam, whereas in 2021, only 80 students were able to do so,” he said.
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