Staff Reporter
ITANAGAR, 8 Jul: The state unit of the National People’s Party (NPP) on Friday called for “structural reformation and amendment of the Arunachal Pradesh Public Service Commission (APPSC) and its recruitment pattern.”
In a press conference held here on Friday, state NPP general secretary Paknga Bage said that, “considering the issues being raised by the student community and civil servant aspirants, the NPP unit is of the opinion that the commission needs structural reformation.”
Bage said that the state government should “reform the existing recruitment ratio in the Group A and B posts of 80:20 by making it 90:10,” adding that “90 percent post vacancy should be kept reserved for APST aspirants and 10 percent for open competition.”
“The non-APST aspirants whose parents or legal guardians are working under various departments of the state government should be given preference,” Bage said, claiming that non-APST candidates whose parents are working in the state “have better knowledge about the state affairs.”
“Such aspirant candidates’ induction under open competition in various capacities would give better output compared to non-APSTs who are coming from outside the state,” he added.
Bage also said that the government should “exempt examination fee and 5 percent relaxation out of 33 qualifying mark for persons with disabilities (PwD).”
“As per record, PwD aspirants usually belong to economically poor background. Therefore, they should be exempted from the examination fee to encourage them to participate in the most prestigious exam like APPSCCE,” he said.
“The minimum qualify mark in each subject is fixed at 33 for all categories. So, the government may consider special relaxation of 5 percent for PwD aspirants in every subject to give them opportunity to serve the state in higher posts,” he said.
The party further suggested “including Arunachal Pradesh syllabus in the APPSCCE paper,” because “the selected candidates of the APPSCCE will have to serve in various parts of the state.”
It also called for “adopting a state policy for appointment of the chairman of the APPSC among the senior most commission members, who is serving or served the commission, considering the upper age limit of 62 years.”
“The state government may adopt a special policy to appoint one of the commission members from an APST woman who has expertise in a particular subject with good public reputation,” he said.
The party also suggested that the APPSC be given the responsibility of conducting departmental promotion committee (DPC) meetings.
“Due to the delay in conducting DPCs by the departments concerned, many genuine officers are deprived of timely promotion and the state government doesn’t get their rightful service,” Bage said.
