The Hemant Soren-led Jharkhand government is keen on delivering on its promise to provide jobs and intends to start filling government vacancies from December itself.

Chief minister Hemant Soren has dropped enough hints of the government’s keenness on fulfilling its job promises, the failure of which had led toresentment amongst aspirants this year.

In the first cabinet meeting held within hours of the swearing-in ceremony on Thursday in Ranchi, Hemant announced that the Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC) and Jharkhand Staff SelectionCommission (JSSC) will publish a calendar of its recruitment examinations in December and also complete the appointmentprocess which has been pending due to the imposition of the model code of conduct and other bureaucratic reasons.

Sources in the government hinted that nearly 30,000 posts will be filled within a span of three monthsfollowing the directive of the chief minister.

“The examinations of both JSSC and JPSC might start from January next year based on the calendar. Instructions have been given to both the commissions regarding this by the chief minister’s office,” said a source.

It is expected that a high-level decision can be taken soon on the release of the results of the pending Combined Graduate Level (CGL) Competitive Examination in JSSC and the competitive examination conducted for 26,001 posts of Assistant Acharya in the primary schools of the state.

“With the removal of the model code of conduct provision, JPSC and JSSC will start releasing results of the several competitive examinations pending formonths,” added the source.

Some of the exams whose results will be published soon include the matriculation level Combined Competitive Examination and Jharkhand Mahila Parveshika Appointment Examination etc. At the same time, the dates for conducting the JharkhandIntermediate Level Examination, Para Medical Competitive Examination,Jharkhand Regional Worker Appointment Competitive Examination and Jharkhand Secretariat Stenographer Competitive Examination may be announcednext month.

Soon after the appointment of the chairman of JPSC, all the pendingexaminations will be completed. About half a dozen competitive examinations are pending due to the absence of a chairman.

The result of the JPSC Mains examination has not been released yet.

“It is unfortunate that in the entire five years the JPSC exam has been conducted, the result has been declared only once. The exam was conducted for the secondtime, but the result of the mains has not been released yet. Students have been demanding that the Jharkhand governmentshould try to conduct the JPSC exam regularly every year,” added the source.