Govt. set to kickstart recruitment process for 56,432 posts

The much-delayed recruitment process for government jobs is set to kickstart in Karnataka again, with the State Cabinet on Thursday deciding that notication will be issued within the next 30 days to fill 56,432 posts across departments.

The notifications will come for 50% reservation matrix instead of 56% to avoid legal hurdles.

While the Finance Department has already provided approval for 24,300 posts, new notifications will come for 32,132 posts under 371 (J). Law and Parliament Affairs Minister H.K. Patil, who briefed the media, said that the notifications will spell out details on internal reservation within the 15% quota for Scheduled Castes instead of 17% with 6:6:5 ratio as approved by the State government.

The recent massive protests by unemployed youth in Dharwad was over delayed recruitments, which had left the government embarrassed and given a handle to the Opposition on the ruling Congress not meeting an electoral promise.