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Two hurdles likely as Modi govt sets out on 1 million recruitment plan

There is no agency equipped to handle such a large hiring target and governments don't have a clear picture on the number of people they employ

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This is even though by all reckoning India employs less people, compared to global peers, in the number of people posted in key departments.

Subhomoy Bhattacharjee New Delhi
There would be two key challenges to achieve the goal of recruiting one million within less than two years in the central government that Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Tuesday.
 
This is even though by all reckoning India employs less people, compared to global peers, in the number of people posted in key departments. 

Of the two challenges, the first is that there is no agency that is equipped to handle such a large-scale recruitment at such a short notice. This includes the National Recruitment Agency (NRA) set up by the Union Cabinet in August 2020.

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