The Uttar Pradesh government has offered appointment letter to 3209 newly recruited Tubewell Operators. Out of the total number of candidates who have been recruited 516 are women candidates.
Congratulating the candidates, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said,"newly appointed tubewell operators will receive their appointment letters today. They will play a prominent role in improving the farmers' income." The tweet is originally in Hindi.
The chief minister said it is for the first time that the youth are getting government jobs in UP without recommendations and favouritism. "Merit is the only criterion on which the successful candidates have got appointment.
The recruitment process has remained transparent since its (the government's) formation and over four lakh youths have got employment in the past three-and-a-half years," he said.
Over 15 lakh youths got employed in the private sector during the same period and more than 1.5 crore youths are now self-employed with financial assistance from banks, he added.
"With our continuous efforts, the farmers of the state are now getting seeds and irrigation facilities timely. Besides this, the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi, PM Fasal Bima Yojana and other schemes are making agriculture more profitable for the farmers," Mr Adityanath said.
"Farmers are the foundation of a prosperous state and keeping this in mind, the government is continuously working towards doubling their income. We are making all efforts towards the prosperity of the farmers," he added.
Mr Adityanath said, "Tubewell operators play an important role in farming and it is historic that for the first time women have been appointed to this post. Water conservation also forms an important part of their duties."
On this occasion, Mahendra Singh, Minister of Jal Shakti has said, "till now, each tubewell operator used to supervise 4-5 tube wells but after new candidates join the department, one tubewell operator will supervise 2-3 tube wells which will definitely help us work well."
Selected candidates will work under the Irrigation and Water Management Department, Uttar Pradesh.
The exam for selection of Tubewell Operators was conducted by the Uttar Pradesh Subordinate Services Selection Commission (UPSSSC). The recruitment was notified in 2016.
The exam was postponed, once, after the exam paper was leaked. The Uttar Pradesh police has arrested 11 persons for their alleged roles in the leakage of questions papers for tubewell operators recruitment test. 'All the arrests were made on Sunday by the Special Task Force of the state police in Meerut, a day after the UPSSSC postponed the test following the surfacing of the leaked Hindi question paper for the test on Saturday, a senior police officer said Monday. The arrested accused included mastermind of the racket and five job aspirants, who all were remanded in judicial custody for 14 days by the court of Meerut chief judicial magistrate,' news agency PTI had reported.
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