Twenty private sector specialists to be recruited by Centre

The Centre has decided to recruit 20 private sector specialists as joint secretaries directors and deputy secretaries on contract basis in its 12 departments an official statement issued on Thursday saidThis is the third such recruitment drive proposed to be undertaken by the Narendra Modi government The Department of Personnel and Training has asked the Union Public Service Commission UPSC to recruit such specialists through lateral entry that is appointment of private sector specialists in government departmentsUsually the post of joint secretaries directors and deputy secretaries are manned by officers of allIndia and Group A services among others The proposed recruitment will be done for the Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare under the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Ministry of Civil Aviation Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals under the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilisers Ministry of Corporate Affairs Department of Food and Public Distribution in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs Food and Public Distribution and the Ministry of Heavy IndustriesSelect posts in the Department of Higher Education Ministry of Education Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs Department of Legal Affairs under the Ministry of Law and Justice Department of Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade Ministry of Commerce and Industry Department of Pharmaceutical Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilisers and Department of School Education and Literacy Ministry of Education will also be filled through this lateral recruitment according to the Personnel Ministry statementAlso readISRO to get ready for Chandrayaan3 mission from JulyFour joint secretaries and 16 directorsdeputy secretaries will be inducted through lateral recruitment in these ministriesdepartments it said The detailed advertisement and instructions to the candidates will be uploaded on the Commissions website on May 20 2023 the statement said adding that interested candidates can apply from May 20 2023 to June 19 2023Candidates will be shortlisted for an interview on the basis of the information provided by them in their online application it said They must ensure that such information is correct the statement said The Personnel Ministry had in June 2018 invited applications against 10 joint secretaryrank posts through lateral entry mode for the first timeThe recruitment for these posts was done by the UPSC The Commission in October 2021 recommended 31 candidates for the appointment as joint secretaries 3 directors 19 and deputy secretaries 9 in different central government departments as part of the second tranche of lateral entry recruitmentNow the process for such recruitment for the third time will be initiated by the government from May 20 onwardThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever