9K per month for 'jobless' youths who have cleared CET

The Nayab Singh Saini government is set to unveil a financial bonanza for lakhs of youths who have passed the Common Eligibility Test (CET), but are unable to get government jobs for a year.

Moving forward to implement one of the promises made to the electorate in the run-up to the October 5 Assembly poll, the BJP government will provide Rs 9,000 per month honorarium to such youths for up to two years.

“The government is working on the modalities to provide Rs 9,000 honorarium to such candidates, who have passed CET and are yet to get government jobs,” Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini said here today, adding that the plan to hold the next CET was underway.

He said the lists of CET passouts and candidates, who had already been placed in government service, would be compiled for the implementation of the scheme.

Conducted by the Haryana State Subordinate Commission, CET is the mandatory recruitment exam for Haryana's Group C and D government jobs. The HSSC conducts the CET at two levels. For Group C posts, the first CET is used, and for Group D posts, the second CET is used.

An initiative of the BJP government, then led by Manohar Lal Khattar, the test was kicked off in November 2022, when over 7.73 lakh candidates had appeared for the test, and 3.57 lakh qualified for Group C posts.

For Group D posts, 8.5 lakh candidates had appeared in the exam in 2023-24, and 13,536 were selected.

However, immediately after its introduction, the matter regarding CET landed in the Punjab and Haryana High Court. It was only earlier this year that the court decided some of the petitions filed regarding the conduct of CET.