Mumbai, 13 Mar

(HS): Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has announced a Mega

Recruitment Drive, under which about one lakh people will be recruited,

including about 40,000 personnel in the police department.

The process will

start in April this year and vacancies in various categories will be filled in

within a period of 150 days.

The State

Government has amended service entry rules and ensured transparency in the

pending recruitment under compassionate ground. A Committee under the Additional

Chief Secretary has been constituted to increase the pace of recruitment

through the Public Service Commission. About 80 per cent of recruitment under

the Compassionate Ground have been completed, the remaining 20 per cent will be

completed soon.

The posts to be

filled in and the include Police – 20,000, Talathi – 1,700, Water Resources

Department – 14,000, Assistant Professors – 5,000, Revenue Department – 2,000,

School Teachers – 1,000, Clerk-cum-Typist – 2100 etc.

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Hindusthan Samachar / Ajay Vasant Mardikar