Punjab Cabinet okays amendments to service rules of five depts to fast-track recruitment

To fast-track the process of recruitment to five government departments, the Punjab Cabinet, led by Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh, on Monday gave approval for amendments to the relevant service rules.
The departments are Home Affairs and Justice, Jails, Animal Husbandry, Fisheries and Dairy Development, School Education, and Rural Development and Panchayats.
The move will accelerate the government’s State Employment Plan 2020-22, to fill vacant jobs in these departments in a time-bound manner, as part of the restructuring process to improve efficiency through rationalisation of manpower.
According to a spokesperson of the Chief Minister’s Office, the Cabinet gave approval to amend ‘The Forensic Science Laboratory, Punjab Group-A Rules, 2021’ and ‘The Forensic Science Laboratory, Punjab Group-B Rules, 2021’. These Rules would govern the recruitment/appointment and the conditions of service of the staff of Forensic Science Laboratory, Punjab.
The Forensic Science Laboratory, Punjab, earlier had 48 sanctioned technical posts, which has now been enhanced to 189. Three Regional Testing Forensic Science Laboratories for the examination of cases related to NDPS Act came into existence in the year 2015.
New divisions like DNA Analysis and Audio/Voice analysis have been established, while Cyber Forensic Division and Polygraph Division are likely to be established soon in the main Forensic Science Laboratory.
In the light of changes in the nature of crime and advancements in technology, the Cabinet felt there was an urgent need to upgrade the qualifications of the Technical Staff, and also increase the direct recruitment and promotion quota in the existing rules to infuse young blood with advanced/modern Scientific/computer skills and better creative ideas. The amendments thus relate to qualifications, recruitment quota number of posts and addition of new posts in the existing rules.

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