80 vacant promotion quota super-specialty doctors’ posts to be converted to direct quota in Amritsar, Patiala GMCs

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, August 16 

To strengthen the state’s battle against the Covid pandemic, the Punjab government has decided to convert the vacant promotion quota posts of super-specialty doctors in the Government Medical Colleges of Patiala and Amritsar to direct recruitment quota.

The decision was taken on Monday by the Cabinet, led by Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh, which also approved filling up of such 80 posts of super-specialty doctors, including those already lying vacant in different departments of these colleges, through the Dr KK Talwar Committee, by taking out all these posts from the purview of Punjab Public Service Commission.

Besides effectively combating the possible third wave of Covid-19 pandemic in the state, the move will extend more super specialty health care facilities to the people.

Cabinet okays creation of supporting staff posts in vigilance commission

To further strengthen the functioning of Punjab State Vigilance Commission (PSVC), the Cabinet on Monday gave approval for the creation of various posts in the commission. These include; one each of Registrar, Joint Registrar, Under Secretary, Superintendent, Private Secretary, Reader, Junior Scale Stenographer/Steno-typist and Steno-typist, two posts each of Senior Assistant, Clerk and Clerk-cum-Data Entry Operator besides three posts of Personal Assistant.

The staff would be hired on re-employment, basis only for the period co-terminus with the tenure of State Chief Vigilance Commissioner.

The Punjab State Vigilance Commission was constituted under the Punjab State Vigilance Commission Act, 2020, in addition to the existing anti-corruption agency, called the Vigilance Bureau, to tackle the problem of corruption. The need was felt for establishment of an independent body to exercise more effective superintendence over the working of Vigilance Bureau and all departments of the State Government.

Under the provisions of the Act, Justice Mehtab Singh Gill (retd) has been appointed as the State Chief Vigilance Commissioner and he has taken over the charge on April 4, 2021.