The jobs crisis spells trouble for Jagan

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In December 2018, Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, who was in the Opposition then, said that there were 2.3 lakh government jobs in the State, which he would fill immediately if voted to power.

Mr. Reddy promised to end their wait and release a ‘mega DSC’ filling all the vacant posts, if elected.

He also assured them that he would release a job calendar on the first day of January every year.

None of this happened. As a result, Mr. Reddy faces the wrath of the unemployed youth in the State ahead of the elections.

After a series of protests by student and youth organisations for the promised job calendar and DSC notification, the YSR Congress government recently announced a DSC to recruit 6,100 teachers in State-run schools. This sparked anger. Young people took to the streets calling the ‘mega DSC’ a “grand betrayal and a sham”. They said that the government released the notification just before the elections knowing fully well that the recruitment process cannot be completed before the code of conduct comes into effect.

Aspirants of jobs in the police department are also upset; they say Mr. Reddy has not fulfilled his promise of filling the 26,000 vacant posts by notifying 6,500 posts annually on Police Commemoration Day. Following their protest, the government released a notification for 6,511 posts. The written exam to recruit 6,100 constables and 411 sub-inspectors was held on February 22, 2023, but the aspirants are still waiting to be called for the physical exam.

There are a few posts of librarians in the College Education wing and a few posts in the Women and Child Welfare Department which are waiting to be filled through the Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission. Aspirants say the Commission did not issue the notification even after the posts were sanctioned by the Finance Department.
 
On its part, the government claims that it has provided 6,38,087 jobs in its tenure. But the climate of discontent spells trouble for Mr. Reddy who has made more promises that he can fulfil.  

https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/the-jobs-crisis-spells-trouble-for-jagan/article67935311.ece