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NEW DELHI: Overwhelmed Indian officials have cancelled plans to fill a handful of menial government jobs after being flooded with 75,000 applications — some from university graduates.
The Chhattisgarh state government’s directorate of economics and statistics was left stunned after the wave of applications for 30 “peon” or servant jobs whose duties include fetching tea for 14,000 rupees ($220) a month in wages. Directorate head Amitabh Panda said he has cancelled an exam planned for candidates after receiving 70,000 online applications and 5,000 in person, including from qualified engineers and management graduates.
“This is surreal,” Panda told on Tuesday, saying the entire process was being re-examined.
“We had made arrangements for 2,000 to 3,000 aspirants.”
India’s vast bureaucracies, a legacy of British colonial rule, are seen as an extremely secure place of employment compared with the private sector.
Government jobs, even the lowest ones, are highly sought after, with regular reports of candidates paying thousands of rupees in bribes to try to clinch one.
Published in Dawn, August 26th, 2015
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Aug 26, 2015 11:11am
"including from qualified engineers and management graduates"
Engineers from iits? no
probably from nust like colleges where they have uniform for university students...
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Aug 26, 2015 11:13am
Uncontrolled reproduction in india and pakistan
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Aug 26, 2015 11:23am
it is not problem of India.unemployment is problem of south Asia due to huge population
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Aug 26, 2015 11:24am
Same case was observed in Peshawar few months ago when 2 clerk posts in Peshawar Session court were announced and 35000 candidates applied for it. Eligibility was matric and 15000 of them were master degree holders. I was one of the 35000 :-P
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Aug 26, 2015 11:26am
Sarkari Naukri .... British trend !!
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Aug 26, 2015 11:36am
Employment creation is not enough with the growth in population.
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Aug 26, 2015 11:36am
Goverment jobs are sought after in india because they are permanent in nature and may be for securing goverment quarter till in the job.
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Aug 26, 2015 11:39am
Obvious if Indian couples produce babies after babies . Certain societies in India are child producing factories, yesterday's census says . Follow following criteria.
1. Education till class 12 in Gov recognized schools.
2. Mild mannered,Professional ,polite and Understanding of English .
3. If married, they should not have more than 2 kids.
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Aug 26, 2015 11:41am
@nitin But on the top i think , the Indian problem is more severe, don't u think bcoz of such huge population??
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Aug 26, 2015 12:01pm
Dont get surprised, for every high and low posts in India competition is there in huge amount.Few post more applications.Thats how life is.An it is there in every job not just in peon.Btw a peon earns upto 7,000 -10,ooo INR in India.
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Aug 26, 2015 12:27pm
I am an MBA and with another degree too.... even I would apply. Why- there is lifelong pension and no tension.
Why should govt. officers get pension and not a private sector person? What is it that a govt. employee does so magical or relevant that he gets a pension accounted for inflation after his retirement and after his death his wife also gets a pension?
I am also working equally hard in private sector. My contributions are also important.
Why should the farmer not get pension- he is doing a yeoman service. Abolish pension scheme and then see the difference.
We are creating a generation of people who like to live off freebies. Only because they form a vote bank they live a useless parasitic life.
We the salaried class pay tax through our nose. And just 4% of India pays Income Tax.
Ridiculous system that encourages mediocrity than meritocracy.
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Aug 26, 2015 12:46pm
@bryan
Pension was abolished for govt employees in india in 2004.
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Aug 26, 2015 12:47pm
In many government offices peons are the 'brokers'and 'commission agents'for babus.
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Aug 26, 2015 01:14pm
this is proof of the pathetic attitudes to family planning and creating swarms of people that cannot be accommodated.
it is about tome Indians have one child policy.
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Aug 26, 2015 01:25pm
@intellect agree
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Aug 26, 2015 01:27pm
@bryan If you know there is no direct pension in Govt jobs post 1995. Perhaps this is because there is inequality between education & skill... If you have studied well in your MBA i am sure you would want to hire peons rather than be the one...
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Aug 26, 2015 01:29pm
Education is the real problem most part of rural India don't have enough facilities.this is the main cause of most of the problems India are facing.
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Aug 26, 2015 01:53pm
Nothing wrong with job, job is a job, you make it or break it.
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Aug 26, 2015 02:03pm
Invest more money on arms!! ignore local population - enslaved mindset of rulling elite both in India and Pakistan.
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Aug 26, 2015 02:22pm
@bryan
the pension drawn by a govt employee is the government contribution that gets paid once he or she retires. employer has to contribute mandatory 10% of the employees's basic pay as pf. if the employee dies his family will get only family pension which is much less.
the salaries in private sector are much higher than that in govt sector. contribution to pf by the employer is mandatory here too.
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Aug 26, 2015 02:49pm
@bryan who told u they are getting pension. 2006 onwards no pension anymore.
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Aug 26, 2015 04:06pm
It is extremely , astonishing to know the current economic situation of India , how ever this was suppose to happen as politicians are more interested to invest in war head equipment rather to invest for general public to eradicate poverty , hunger. and improve living standard of people
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Aug 26, 2015 04:07pm
out of 30 posts 5 reserved for minorities, another 12 reserved for backwards, 5 for other backwards and rural categories, and rest for general merit .... sarkari Naukri !!
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Aug 26, 2015 04:20pm
@mimi sur Govt largesse and freebies encourage the vulnerable part of the population to have more children. The uneducated in all religions have more under nourished children. Politicians and religious leaders especially among minorities encourage their own to have more children. Politicians want to classify more people into underclass category to give more funds to make them as vote banks. These are the direct results of 66 years of misrule
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Aug 26, 2015 10:23pm
Those who think that India is better than Pakistan live in fools paradise. It is the same material on both sides.
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Aug 27, 2015 02:00am
India emerging economy? 75000 applications for 30 jobs of peons. 1.2 billions people and increasing. It is like running the river water upwards.
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