Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami distributed appointment letters to 144 candidates selected for various posts in the Irrigation Department and 43 eligible dependents under the deceased dependent quota in the state’s Transport Corporation on Sunday. Addressing the corruption in government jobs, CM Dhami claims that the state follows a zero-tolerance policy for the same.
Overall, CM Dhami distributed appointment letters to the candidates/dependents selected for a total of 187 different posts while wishing them well, and appealed to the selected candidates to work with honesty, integrity, transparency, and dedication. Among those selected, many state agitators were also selected under the horizontal reservation quota.
Earlier, there used to be a lot of favouritism, rigging, and corruption in recruitments in the state, said the chief minister, adding that in response to the challenges faced by young people, the state government enacted the country's most stringent anti-copying law. Now, recruitments in the state are being ensured on the basis of complete transparency and merit so that eligible candidates are getting the full benefit of their skills and hard work. He stated that over the past 3 and a half years, over 23,000 youth in the state have secured government jobs.
‘The state government has adopted a zero-tolerance policy against corruption, and now no one is spared in corruption cases, ’ he stated.
He said that the state government has also done the work of giving appointments to the dependents of the deceased employees pending for a long time. Last year, appointment letters were provided to 150 dependents, and today, the remaining 43 eligible dependents. He said that due to the efforts of the state government, the corporation earned a record profit of more than ₹56 crore in 2024.
The Chief Minister said that the He said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has urged the countrymen to use indigenous products, and that the people of the state should walk on the same path, adding that Devbhoomi Uttarakhand is committed to realising the Prime Minister's mantra of a self-reliant India.
“Irrigation schemes are being continuously expanded in our state. The candidates selected today are the pillars of irrigation projects, who will work to deliver water to the farmers' fields with their technical skills”, the CM added.
Speaking on the same, Cabinet Minister Satpal Maharaj said that under the leadership of the Chief Minister, the work of giving appointment letters to the selected youth in more than 23 thousand government jobs in the state has been done. There has been a big decline in unemployment in the country and the state.
Meanwhile, the Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat also met Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami at the latter's residence on Sunday.
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