NEW DELHI: Indian Railways has announced more than 1 lakh jobs that will be available for high school pass students to engineers.
ET had earlier reported that the government was looking to fill vacancies in both government and state-run enterprises to create more jobs.
There has been criticism that job creation in the country is not in sync with economic growth, and this move could come as a saviour for the government ahead of the general elections next year.
Labour ministry had first proposed that all central ministries and departments assess vacant posts and start filing them up on regular basis.
The railway ministry has issued notification for around 63,000 jobs in group D category that includes gangman, and another notification for hiring 26,500 personal as loco pilots and assistant loco pilots.
The minimum qualification required for these jobs is high school pass and ITI diploma, and the last date for filing application is March 12. ET had reported two days ago that the national transporter will go for massive hiring at lower positions.
Indian Railways is among the largest employers in the world with a workforce of 13 lakh employees. The national transporter is sprucing up its safety infrastructure by hiring more gangmen. Around 1.2 lakh positions related to safety are currently lying vacant.
Union Budget 2018-19 has for the first time outlined jobs/mandays that government’s infrastructure development projects and social welfare schemes can generate. An ET analysis of the Budget has shown that at least five million jobs will be created, absorbing nearly half of the 10 million people who enter the country's workforce annually.
These projects and schemes include construction of national highways, railway tracks, building toilets under the ‘Swachh Bharat’ mission and rural houses under MGNREGS, creation of cold chains and food parks and the extended ‘Pradhan Mantri Rojgar Protsahan Yojana’.
The pace of job creation is often considered an important barometer of the government’s performance. Industry estimates that in FY12-16, India created 3.65 million new jobs a year.