Expedite Process Of Abolishing Job Interviews : Center To States

16 November, New Delhi

Union minister Jitendra Singh today said that, States have been asked to expedite the process to abolish wherever possible, interviews for selection in government jobs.

Addressing a day-long workshop of Principal Secretaries of General Administration from different states, he said soon after PM Modi’s announcement to this effect, the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) had fixed for itself the deadline of December 31, 2015 to abolish the practice of conducting interview for appointment to Group ‘B’ and ‘C’ posts in various ministries.

The objective behind the abolition of interview for appointments was to ensure more objective selection in a transparent manner without causing disadvantage to poor or resourceless aspirants, Singh said.