Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 8: Government of India is in favour of doing away with the practice of holding interviews for appointment to junior level posts, the Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT) has initiated a serious exercise for identifying the posts for which interview for selection can be discontinued.
Moreover, a communique in this regard has been sent to various State Governments, State Public Service Commissions and Staff Selection Commission.
This was disclosed here today by Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh while presiding over a meeting of Principal Secretaries of GAD/Personnel from different States and Union Territories.
At the meeting, which was attended among others by Union Secretary Personnel Sanjay Kothari, Union Secretary Administrative Reforms Devendra Chaudhry and Establishment Officer Rajiv Kumar, Dr Jitendra Singh said that the government will soon identify all those posts, particularly at junior level like Group III & IV, where an interview is avoidable and will stop this practice.
He said, for a post for which an interview is not necessary to determine the capability of a candidate, the provision of interview sometimes leads to scope for manipulation, maneuverability and corruption. Therefore, barring such posts where an interview would help in testing special capabilities for a particular assignment, abolition of the provision of interview will not only be in larger public interest but would also offer a level playing field for even those of the candidates who are resource less and belong to lower socio-economic strata, he added. |
