PANAJI
Going by precedents set by predecessor governments, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant too is seemingly relying on the tried and tested strategy of opening up government recruitment to earn goodwill going into a year leading to a general election.
Speaking to reporters outside his official residence, Sawant said on Thursday that the process to fill government posts lying vacant in various departments will begin soon.
He said, the ban on recuitment and tendering of government works imposed in the wake of the Covid pandemic in March this year, will be lifted soon.
"The office memorandum was issued in March because of Covid-19, which had weakened the financial situation of the State. We have taken a review now and the financial situation has improved considerably. The memorandum will be lifted from November 30 and from December 1, new projects will be undertaken," Sawant said.
He also said that there are vacant posts of around 10,000 in almost all government departments.
"Advertisements will be issued for recruitment to these posts soon," he said.
The next general elections to the Goa legislative assembly are due in early 2022 with the current legislature's term ending in mid-March that year.
Also local elections are due to the two Zilla Panchayat bodies and also the civic bodies.
ZP elections were halted after the process had neared its end and voting postponed indefinitely from March 22 when the country observed a 'Janata Curfew' as a prelude to the national lockdown.
Also, municipal polls to at least a dozen civic bodies is overdue with their terms ended and government having appointed bureaucrats as administrators to run their affairs.
