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Punjab hands out 866 govt jobs, says migration is slowing
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann handed out appointment letters for 866 government jobs in Mohali on Saturday. He said transparent recruitment is rebuilding youth confidence and slowing migration abroad. Of the appointments,…
The Story in Brief
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann handed out appointment letters for 866 government jobs in Mohali on Saturday. He said transparent recruitment is rebuilding youth confidence and slowing migration abroad. Of the appointments, 636 were in the Health and Family Welfare Department, including 614 staff nurses. Mann said his government has now provided 69,094 jobs with complete transparency since taking office in 2022.
Mann also said Punjab has overtaken Kerala to rank first in school education and that 882 government school students cleared NEET this year, up from 80 in 2021. He cited improvements to government schools including teacher training in Singapore and Finland, and structural upgrades with new furniture and IT modules.
The Indian Opinion
The claim that migration is declining is convenient for an election year, but the jobs handed out today, 636 in health alone, are a drop in Punjab’s unemployment bucket. Mann blames past corruption for the brain drain, yet his own government’s 69,094 jobs over five years barely dent a state with lakhs of educated unemployed. The real test is not the number of appointment letters but the next employment bulletin from the Labour Bureau. Does it show fewer Punjabi youths applying for visas?
Source: indiatoday.in
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