No interview for non-gazetted govt jobs from January 1: PM Modi
PM Narendra Modi had suggested in his Independence Day address that the practice of holding interviews for recruitment at lower levels in governments could be done away with.
In his monthly radio address ‘Mann Ki Baat’, PM Narendra Modi announced that the interview process for non-gazetted posts will be abolished from January 1, 2016. (PTI)
From January 1 next year, there will be no requirement of interview for Group D,C and B non-gazetted posts in central government, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced Sunday as part of efforts to put an end to the menace of corruption in jobs.
In his monthly radio programme ‘Mann Ki Baat’, he recalled that he had suggested in his Independence Day address that the practice of holding interviews for recruitment at lower levels in governments could be done away with.
“The government has completed the entire process to do away with interviews for lower rank jobs. There will be no requirement of interview for Group D,C and B non-gazatted posts in central government. It will come into effect from January 1, 2016,” Modi said.

He said the practice was being abolished since it bred corruption and the poor people were being looted by ‘dalals’.

“People were getting robbed for getting employment and even when they could not get a job. It often crossed my mind as to why there was the need for an interview for small jobs. I have never heard of a physcologist who can evaluate a person during an interview of one to two minutes,” Modi said.

He said abolition of the practice will particularly help the poor who would have to resort to “recommendations” or fall prey to brokers who made way with their money.

In his Independence Day speech, Modi had said he had seen youth often looking for ‘sifarish’ (recommendation) after getting an interview call. “Even poor widows are compelled to look for recommendations for interview of their children,” he had said then.
Sources-indianexpress