World record in Nepotism ?

Here is dictionary definition of Nepotism :

“ the practice among those with power or influence of favouring relatives or friends, especially by giving them jobs “

Context :

Business Line ( 26 Feb ) carries following news :

“  Recruitment world record  ?  Rlys begins hiring of 90K staff “

In what is being touted as the world’s biggest recruitment exercise, the railways has kick-started the process to hire 89,500 employees, including assistant loco pilots, technicians, gang men, switchmen, trackmen, cabin men, welders and porters.

The state-run transporter’s move to provide jobs to around one lakh youth, from high school pass students to engineers, seems to be aimed at blunting the opposition’s criticism that enough jobs were not being created under the NDA government.

The railways has issued notifications for hiring of 63,000 jobs in the Group D category that includes gang men, trackmen, and another for hiring 26,500 personnel as loco pilots and assistant loco pilots.

Why  this  could create a World Record in Nepotism  ?

Simple !

Going by NDA government’s announcement , starting Jan 2016 , there can be NO INTERVIEWS for jobs in Group D category ! ( see my blog below ) .

Two days ago, during his address at the Global Business Summit , Shri Modiji referred to this decision as one more example of REFORM

And going by the recent past experience, it is also reasonable to assume that for each of those 63,000 vacancies , there will be 1,000 applications

A total of 63 million applications  !

Leaving aside the herculean task of having to receive – sort – arrange – file ( vacancy wise ) , these unreadable “ paper applications  “ , the unanswered question is :

“ In absence of any interview , WHO will select WHOM and on WHAT basis  ? “

 

Sunday, 25 October 2015

NO  INTERVIEWS  FOR  B  /  C  /  D  ?

 

https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2015/10/no-interviews-for-b-c-d.html

Hon PM , Shri Modiji has announced that , starting 01 Jan 2016 , there will be no interviews for recruitment in B / C / D categories of employees in Central Government

You may like to call this :

A / B / C / D of Interviewing  !  or , Non-Interviewing  ?

Henceforth , recruitment would be made  only on the basis of marks scored  by candidates in written exams , conducted by ,

STAFF SELECTION COMMISSION  (  SSC  )

Believe me , there will be 2589  applicants scoring  94 %  mark !

In which case , who gets that job ?

·           Candidates with surnames starting with  " A / B / C " ?

·           Candidates belonging to OBC / SC / ST quota ?

·           State-wise / Population-wise Quota ?

·           Candidates having Ph D / Master degree ?

Last year , SSC recruited about 55,000 employees from 17 million applicants ( 309 applicants for each vacancy )

Now take a look at the following news ( DNA / 11 Sept 2015 ) :

Against 368 vacancies of " Peons " advertized by UP Govt , applications received were as follows :

*  Total Number of applicants.............. 20 lakh

    {  5,435 applicants for each post  ! }

*  No of PhDs....................................  201

*  No of Master Degree holders............ 20,056

*  No of Bachelor Degree holders.......... 1,23,000

*  No of 12th Standard pass................. 6,00,000

*  No of 10th Standard pass................. 8,20,000

   { Minimum prescribed Edu Qualification = 10th Standard }

I suppose the Edu Profile ( and Min Edu Quali ) of those applying for Central Govt jobs in B / C / D categories , is no different

If so , those applicants holding Ph D / MA , qualifications , can be expected to" Top the lists "with high marks  !   And corner all jobs ?

Will that lead to ,

·           Getting higher Educational Qualifications ?

·         Getting higher marks in 10^th / 12th Std for admissions to Colleges  ?

·           Bribing college examiners ?

 

·         Huge amount of frustration/resentment among those Ph Ds for taking up a job below their skills ?

   

    

   

What is the rationale behind the decision to do away with the interviewing ?

 HT ( 26 Oct 2015 ) quotes  Shri Modiji :

  “  I have never heard of a psychologist who can evaluate a person during an interview of one to two minutes “

* Shri Shekhar Singh

Interview did not serve a purpose for junior posts, particularly when the government had never defined the attributes of a civil servant for a particular job

No doubt , these are very valid points , which " No Interview " decision seems to answer in short term

But the long term answer is :

*   Preliminary elimination based on 10^th / 12^th  Std marks

*   Define those " attributes " for each job

*   Design  ONLINE " Psychometric Tests " around those

     attributes

*  Cut-off percentile based on these  ONLINE  tests

*  Distributing Successful candidates for personal ONLINE Interviewing by hiring

   Government Departments , using a portal called,

     www.OnlineGovInterview.com

     This  ONLINE  interviewing can also be Out-Sourced to reputable private sector

     Recruitment Companies  ( Public / Private Collaboration ? )

     

     

  

 *  Skype based  ONLINE  Video Interviewing , thru

         www.OnlineGovInterview.com

*  An exhaustive/objective " ASSESSMENT SHEET " ( with 5 point

    weighted average scale on 10 attributes ) , to be filled up

    ONLINE , in the portal by the interviewers, with final

    recommendations on the suitability of interviewed candidates

    This will be transparently available for viewing by ALL citizens

    No need for RTI application !

When implemented , this would become , one of the finest example of e-Governance thru DIGITAL INDIA

And , not at all difficult for India - the Software Superpower , if there is a Political Will

TCS / INFOSYS / WIPRO would do this in 3 months  !

27  Feb  2018

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