PM explains reasons for scrapping interviews to jobs in Groups B,C,D
He said abolition of the practice will particularly help the poor who would have to resort to “recommendations”
By : DC Correspondent
Update: 2015-10-26 06:52 GMT
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the practice of holding interviews for Group B,C and D non-gazetted posts in the Central government was being abolished since it bred corruption and the poor people were being looted by “dalals” or touts.
“People were getting robbed for getting employment and even when they could not get a job. It often crossed my mind as to why there was the need for an interview for small jobs. I have never heard of a physcologist who can evaluate a person during an interview of one to two minutes,” the Prime Minister said.
He said abolition of the practice will particularly help the poor who would have to resort to “recommendations” or fall prey to brokers. who made way with their money.
In his Independence Day speech, Mr Modi had said he had seen youth often looking for ‘sifarish’ (recommendation) after getting an interview call. “Even poor widows are compelled to look for recommendations for interview of their children,” he had said then. Recently, Minister for Personnel Jitendra Singh had written a letter to all CM asking them to identify such posts that could be exempted from interviews.
“The government’s view is that the interviews should be discontinued for recruitment to junior level posts. The objective behind abolition of interviews for such posts is that it will curb corruption, ensure more objective selection in a transparent manner,” he had said in his communication to CMs.