Mousumi, Rehena, Bikrom, Kristina, Arnamika, Nitumoni, Abhisekh, Pallabi, Hatem, Sreya, Pankaj, Princhi, Ankur, Laxi, Jogeswar were symbolic representation of the despondency of a figure of bulging unemployed people in the State cutting across age, caste, class, education, and gender divide just a couple of years back. On May 25, these were the same set of individuals who were representative of the 44,703 people who were offered their appointment letters by the Union Home Minister Amit Shah in a grand ceremony marking their entry into a Government workforce that is committed to work for the welfare of the people and growth of the State. Such is the expectation from these newly appointed people that no less than the Prime Minister addressed them through a video conference to work for the welfare of the State.
Selected through a transparent and fair system, they will fill up vacant posts in Grade III and Grade IV categories of the State Government.
This was also the biggest batch of appointees in the last two years of the Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma led-Government in the State. The total number employed thus far by this Government now stands at 86,782, just 13,000-odd short of the figure of 1 lakh as promised by Dr. Sarma prior to the polls.
Mr Shah said that a transparent and fair regime led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made jobs available for the poor and the needy.
He said that the Central Government has made it possible for talented youth from any region, caste and creed in Assam to get a Government job sans corruption thereby marking the end of nepotism.
The Union Home Minister told the gathering that they have to serve the people of Assam throughout their life by making this job a mantra for the development of India through the development of Assam. He said that irrespective of the department, it is the responsibility of the youth to connect the poorest of the poor by working with integrity.
Mr. Shah, who has visited the State many times in the recent past, said that under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, successive BJP Governments in Assam have managed to put in place a transparent system which is taking the State forward on the path of progress and peace.
He highlighted the success of the Central Government in securing agreements on issues involving the Brus, Bodos, Karbis, Assam-Meghalaya and Assam-Arunachal Pradesh boundary rows. “Areas under AFSPA have been reduced by 70% while the budget for development has gone up by 300%,” he said in the meeting. He appreciated the leadership of the Assam Chief Minister in areas like health, service, infrastructure, tribal welfare, law and order, etc.
Mr. Shah said that the fiscal position of Assam has improved leaps and bounds. “The State’s GSDP has increased from ₹ 4 lakh cr in 2021-22 to ₹ 5.50 lakh cr in 2023-24,” he pointed out, while highlighting the impressive growth in industries and agriculture, and social welfare measures like Orunodoi undertaken by the State Government.
