In today’s function, organized by the Services Department of Govt. of NCT of Delhi at Vigyan Bhawan, Hon’ble Lt. Governor handed over appointment letters to 849 newly selected appointees in various departments / local bodies / autonomous bodies of Govt. of NCT of Delhi. The Directorate of Education and Municipal Corporation of Delhi accounted for more than 500 new appointments and the rest of the new appointments have been made in other departments/organizations like I &FC, TTE, Prosecution, DUSIB, and DJB. A number of selected candidates are female, Divyangs, and from other reserved categories.
Today’s function was the third in a succession of similar functions held earlier on 24.02.2023 and 19.04.2023 when the Hon’ble Lt. Governor had distributed about 2600 appointment letters. Chief Secretary, Delhi, Heads of various departments / local bodies / autonomous bodies of Govt. of NCT of Delhi, and other dignitaries were also present on this occasion.
A. K. Singh, IAS, Principal Secretary (Services) delivered the welcome speech and informed the audience that due to the dynamic vision, leadership, and guidance of Hon’ble Lt. Governor, Delhi, who has himself been constantly monitoring the whole recruitment process, it has been possible for Services Department to organize this 3rd Rozgar Mela in quick succession in the year 2023 itself. He further told that Hon’ble Lt. Governor, Delhi has been urging departments to take proactive measures for identification and filling up all the vacancies available against sanctioned posts at all levels in GNCTD. He also informed the audience that apart from the recruitment process, Hon’ble Lt. Governor, Delhi has also been emphasizing the need to amend/frame Recruitments Rules so as to create a professionally developed civil service in Delhi for better delivery of public service.
The Secretary, DSSSB in his address informed that in the last year, there has been significant improvement in the efficiency of the Board. It has been able to put in place an efficient and transparent mechanism for the conduct of competitive examinations, which is paperless and contactless manner with biometric checking at exam centers. With various steps taken for streamlining the process, the time being taken for the declaration of results has been significantly reduced to 6-8 months as compared to 12 months taken earlier.
Amit Yadav, newly recruited APP, and Ms. Neelam, newly recruited TGT who were amongst the newly appointed government servants, also spoke on the occasion and expressed their gratitude for having been provided with this opportunity to receive the letter of appointment from none other than Hon’ble Lt. Governor. On behalf of the newly recruited officers/officials, they vowed to work with great dedication, honesty, and transparency to make Delhi an example for the rest of the country.
The Chief Secretary also addressed the audience. He congratulated the newly recruited government servants on their entry into government service of GNCTD for which they should take pride in themselves. He further told them that people in another part of the country look towards Delhi, being the capital of the country, for its services and other public delivery system and as they have joined GNCTD as public servants, it is their duty to make things even better. He also reminded them of the Hon’ble Prime Minister’s vision of ‘Amrit Kaal’ during which it is envisaged to make India a prosperous and developed country by 2047. Accordingly, the Chief Secretary urged them that they should start working in this direction from day one with full passion and enthusiasm so that the country at large does not have to wait till 2047 for becoming a developed country. He also urged them to continue their learning process.
The Chief Secretary also lauded the efforts of the different departments due to which it has been possible to make new recruitments faster than ever before and further informed the audience that there is an increase of 271 % in fresh recruitments on comparison of the recruitments made in the last five quarters with the previous 5 quarters preceding it.
Hon’ble Lt. Governor also congratulated the new appointees on behalf of the people of Delhi. He further said that he is very pleased to hand over the appointment letters, which will not only empower 849 newly recruited officers/officials but also their families.
He further informed the audience that identification and filling up vacancies against sanctioned posts in a “mission mode” has been his priority since the day he took over the charge of Lt. Governor, Delhi and bring in a fair and transparent system of recruitment through which only capable and deserving candidates get selected on a permanent basis and the system of adhocism is done away with. He also mentioned that it is our Hon’ble Prime Minister’s vision to give work to every unemployed and he is accordingly ensuring that more and more job opportunities are available to the unemployed and deserving candidates get selected in a fair and transparent manner.
He further highlighted the great efforts made by the Chief Secretary and the departments concerned in this regard during the past year and informed the audience that it has resulted in more than 17000 fresh appointments through DSSSB and UPSC in GNCTD with 4500 more appointments to be made in near future. He also informed that in addition to these fresh recruitments made in departments/organizations under GNCTD, requisite action for appointment against 6000 posts at various levels in Delhi Police has already been taken and orders would be issued soon.
In the end, he again urged the newly appointed government servants that they should perform their duties as a government servants with great vigor and zeal combined with utmost honesty and transparency for the betterment of the people of Delhi and make Delhi an example to be followed by the people from other parts of the country.
The function ended with a vote of thanks by the District Magistrate (New Delhi).
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