Education
More than 70,000 vacancy in paramilitary forces announced by government
As many as 73,219 posts are vacant in paramilitary forces including due to retirements, resignations, deaths, and cadre reviews, minister of state for home affairs Nityanand Rai told Parliament on Wednesday. Rai said this in response to Communist Party of India (Marxist) member V Sivadasan’s question on vacancies in paramilitary and police forces of union territories.
Rai said 18,124 posts were also are lying vacant in police forces of union territories. He added that measures were being taken to fill the vacancies. “Filling up of vacancies is an ongoing continuous process which is done as per the administrative and operational requirement of the forces,” said Rai.
In August, Rai informed the Parliament 1,11,093 posts were vacant in the paramilitary forces, with the majority of them being of the constable rank. He said that the recruitment process was delayed and hit by the coronavirus pandemic in 2020.
Education
As many as six new nursing colleges to be functional in Haryana soon
Haryana Chief Secretary Sanjeev Kaushal shared that the construction work of six nursing colleges in the state will be completed soon and classes will commence in the month of July. Not only this, the new building of the National Institute of Fashion Technology, Panchkula has also completed its construction work.
Adding on to this, he shared that, till now, the classes are being held in another building, the chief secretary said while presiding over the review meeting of development projects worth more than Rs 100 crore here.
CHIEF SECRETARY REVIEWED MAJOR PROJECTS
The Chief Secretary reviewed several major projects, including power, health, medical, and technical education in the state, and directed the concerned officials to complete them within the stipulated time period.
COLLEGES UNDER CONSTRUCTION
He said that the construction of nursing colleges in Dherdu village of Kaithal, Khedi Ram Nagar village of Kurukshetra, Kheranwali village of Panchkula, Aura and Dayalpur village of Faridabad, and Sadatpur village of Rewari is under construction.
The construction work of Medical college in Koriawas in Narnaul, Medical College at Jind, Bhiwani, and Dental College at Nalhar is being completed at a fast pace. The work of the second phase of Kalpana Chawla Medical College is also undergoing.