Stalin urges PM to improve job opportunities for Tamils in Central Govt Offices and PSUs

Chennai, Dec 27 : Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin today dashed off a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging him to improve the job opportunities for the native Tamils in Union Government Offices and Central Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs). In a Demi-Official letter to Modi, copies of which were released to the press here, he recalled the memorandum submitted to him on June 17 last year.
and followed it up a DO letter on October 12 seeking “Priority in appointment in Union Government Offices and Central PSUs in Tamil Nadu to people from Tamil Nadu” to ensure adequate opportunities to the native Tamils. Placing three key demands and uring the Prime Minister to urgently initiate necessary steps in this regard, the Chief Minister urged him to facilitate a system for conducting all the examinations by all Union recruitment agencies viz., Staff Selection Commission, Railway Recruitment Board, Institute of Banking Personnel Selection in Tamil language also which will be helpful for the aspirants from Tamil Nadu for recruitment in offices of the Union Government and Central Public Sector Undertakings and Railways situated in Tamil Nadu; He also said “priority may be given to people from TN during appointment in Government of India offices and Central PSUs situated in Tamil Nadu for better public interface in service delivery and also to ensure regional representation”. The third request was that “during the selection of the ‘Act Apprentices’ for the railway establishment located in Tamil Nadu and for the selection to direct recruitment under 20 percent reservation accorded vide Board Letter No.E(NG)II/20 16/RR-1/8 Dated 21-06-2016, priority may be given to the ‘Act Apprentices’ belonging to Tamil Nadu to ensure regional representation. “Therefore, I request you to do the needful to improve the employment opportunities for the native Tamils considering the above said facts”, the Chief Minister said.
in the letter, Stalin informed the Prime Minister said “I am sure, you would agree that adequate opportunities to people from all regions alone can ensure better service delivery besides regional representation and fulfill their aspiration to join in Union Government and Central Public Sector Undertakings at various levels.” “As you are aware, Citizen Centric Administration, the sine qua non of good governance, requires free interface with public and only persons with familiarity in local language and culture fulfill it. Further, Tamil Nadu has more Human Resources with comparatively higher knowledge and skill set both in technical and academic areas and they can be utilized well”, he added.
He said Students’ Welfare Associations and political parties have given representations to the Government to preferentially consider the natives of Tamil Nadu in the process of selection and appointment in Union Government and Central Public Sector Undertakings in the State. The Annual Report of the Staff Selection Commission for the year 2021-22 clearly indicates that the number of qualified candidates from the Southern Region is only 4.5 per cent of 28081 total qualified persons selected by Staff Selection Commission. Similarly, in the Competitive examinations conducted.
by Railway Recruitment Board vide Notification No. CEN No.01/2019 – Level 5 on various dates during this year (2022) in the Southern Region for the posts
of Goods Guard, Junior Account Assistant Cum Typist, Senior Clerk cum Typist, Senior Commercial Cum Ticket Clerk, Station Master etc., most of the persons selected do not belong to Tamil Nadu. This causes huge disappointment among the unemployed youth and also causes lot of concern among socio political circles. This skewed recruitment pattern is bound to have implications that are to be avoided, he said and urged Modi to urgently initiate necessary steps in this regard.