Examine age-limit for jobs to gen aspirants: CM to CS

Our Correspondent

Abohar, July 19

Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has asked the Chief Secretary to examine the suggestions made by BJP MLA Arun Narang for necessary action on age-relaxation in the jobs for general categories.

Narang had last month mailed a letter to the CM explaining that with the unemployment rate rising further due to the Covid situation, the number of job aspirants belonging to the general category in the state had also gone up. Therefore, their upper age limit for recruitment to government posts needed to be increased on a par with job seekers of reserved categories.

In the letter sent to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Punjab CM, Narang said states like Goa, Telangana, Uttarakhand, Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh and others had increased the upper age limit for general candidates in the range of 40 to 45 years to apply for the government jobs, it had not been revised in Punjab.

He said the recruitment for several posts had been pending for a long time. Many aspirants belonging to economically poor families might lose their chance to appear for the recruitment test due to the existing age bar.