Uphill task for Madhya Pradesh government: 1 lakh jobs every month

BHOPAL: With just two years left for assembly polls in state, the Shivraj government has announced to provide one lakh jobs every month. There are about 30.6 lakh registered unemployed waiting for their turn to get a respectable job, as of now.

The government has also announced recruitment of 4,000 constables, which has already been delayed by almost a year. There are 12.5 lakh applicants against 4,000 posts. Last time the constable exams were held in 2017, one year before the assembly elections in MP. In December 2021, thousands of educated unemployed had assembled in Jabalpur and

Ujjain

where recruitment for a handful of class four jobs was underway. These incidents reflect on the joblessness and unrest amoung youths in the state.

There are 3059933 registered unemployed whom the government adresses as active job seekers on the employment portal of the state government. It also shows that the number of jobs available is 15,535 with 16,145 active employers.

Interestingly, the nature of jobs available mentioned on the portal are 4,752 posts for machine operators, 532 sales officers, 164 accountants , 134 tele-callers. 50 courier boys , 5 receptionists among others. Moreover, none of these jobs belong to the government departments. Hence, there are hardly any takers for jobs like machine operators, many of which were advertised almost seven months back.

Many of the employers offer salaries much less than the minimum wages approved by the government, said sources. The government has tied up with some private companies, mentioned as active employers on the portal and these vacancies are available with these firms, a government official said.

The government has not mentioned the number of vacancies available with government departments. The unemployed youths are surprised over

CM Chouhan

’s statement on the birth anniversary of Vivekanand on January 12 that the government will provide one lakh jobs every month, but he did not elaborate on how the jobs would be created and what would be their nature .