Tripura government has continued its endeavour to fill up all vacant posts for the unemployed youths of the state and for alternative job generation activities, said Labour Minister Tinku Roy  and claimed that 20,000 people have been recruited in various government departments in the last three years.

During a discussion on a matter of urgent public importance  for short duration  over the unemployment issue initiated by Congress MLA Sudip Roy Barman, the minister said 20,000 people have been recruited in different categories of regular scale, contractual and fixed pay in the government sector in the last three years.

Earlier, in the discussion, Congress MLA Sudip Roy Barman giving statistics over the present unemployment rate of the state, claimed that the unemployment rate in Tripura is in alarming condition and every year it has been rising causing immense suffering for educated youths of the state.

He said that for recruitment of 1000 police constables, the interview including physical and written test has been completed in the year 2022, but till date , the government did not release  the final recruitment list. Similarly, interviews for 1813 firemen completed in 2022 and so far no appointment, as a result hundreds of youths are now overage.

He said that the present state government failed to fill up a large number of vacant posts in different government departments and there has been no recruitment of ANM,MPWs for the last seven years. About 1500 NET, SLET and Phd qualified youths are unemployed despite the dearth of teachers in higher education institutions of the state , said Sudip and added that 1800 posts of engineers are still vacant.

Similarly, the government has taken interviews and physical tests for jail wardens and there is no recruitment for nurses, paramedics, lab technicians, physical instructors (PIs).

Roy Barman, citing various reasons, urged the government to make a waiting list for Joint Recruitment Board, Tripura (JRBT) list and stop outsourcing of jobs.

Referring to appeasement by a section of senior bureaucrats in state administration, Roy Barman urged the Chief Minister to sack incumbent chairman of Tripura Public Service Commission (TPSC) as he totally failed to maintain the norms UPSC for recruitment.

The youths are frustrated over the lack of jobs in the government sector. The government must address the unemployment problem of the state, he added.

Coming down heavily on alleged delay in recruitment in various departments, Roy Barman said that around 5,000 employees are retiring from their service annually but where are replacements?

The Congress MLA also demanded that recruitment by outsourcing and fixed pay be abolished as people getting jobs under these two categories remain deprived of several benefits.

Leader of Opposition in the assembly, Jitendra Chaudhury, also slammed the government for failing to fulfill the BJP's commitment to fill up 50,000 vacant posts made prior to the 2018 assembly elections.

Your leaders had promised to fill up 50,000 posts lying vacant in the government sector prior to the 2018 assembly elections. Six years have already passed but where is the move to fill up the 50,000 posts? How many industries have been set up in the state, asked Chaudhury.

In the discussion over fill up vacant posts, apart from opposition leader Jitendra Chaudhury and Sudip Roy Barman, MLAs Ranjit Das, Nayan Sarkar, Chittaranjan Debbarma, Binoy Bhusan Das, Gopal Chandra Roy and Kishore Burman were also participated and placed their views.

While, in reply, the Minister said the process has already begun to fill up 20,000 more posts in various government departments.

He claimed that the number of registered unemployed youths has reduced from 7,41,305 on March 31, 2018 to 3,09,882 on March 31, 2024.

It is not true that job aspirants are frustrated and the number of registered unemployed across the state has reduced by almost double from 2018 to 2024 due to all-out efforts to address the issue by the present state government, said Tinku Roy.