DPAR Clears Decks for Recruitment Following Internal Quota for SCs

With this, 43 depts can start recruitments in phased manner to fill around 2.76L vacancies

- EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE @ Bengaluru

The Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms (DPAR) on Wednesday issued an order to fix the revised reservation for the direct recruitment to fill vacancies in the state civil services, clearing the deck for the implementation of internal reservation for 101 Scheduled Caste (SC) communities following the government's order on August 25.

Recruitments had been frozen for over a year waiting for the government's decision on internal quota for SCs. The order has been published in the state gazette.

The DPAR order relieved aspirants aiming to join state government services. The DPAR order stated that 43 departments can start recruitments in a phased manner to fill around 2.76 lakh vacancies. Around 25,000-40,000 posts will be filled in the first phase. The priority areas are the health, education, and revenue departments.

The Karnataka Public Service Commission (KPSC) and Karnataka Examination Authority (KEA) will initiate the process.