Our Correspondent/ Patna
In a major policy decision, Bihar government has decided to follow its reservation policy in engaging professionals and other employees through outsourcing agencies. A decision to this effect was taken at a cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar in Patna on Wednesday.
Principal Secretary of Cabinet department Brajesh Mehrotra said, the new policy will make private outsourcing agencies recruit manpower based on the reservation policy of the state government if they want to work with the state agencies.
It may be recalled that 50 percent of the government jobs are reserved for SCs, STs, OBCs and differently-abled candidates in Bihar. There is also a provision of 35 percent horizontal quota for women in all reserved categories.
In the absence of technical manpower on its rolls, the state government engages technical staff, mostly dealing in information technology (IT)-based operations, through outsourced agencies.
Thousands of IT professionals have been engaged by the state government and the district administrations to run IT operations including Beltron and skill development centres.
Besides, a number of drivers and office maintenance staff have also been supplied by the outsourcing agencies in different departments.
The new policy would make the private outsourcing agencies recruit manpower based on the reservation policy of the state government if they want to work with the state agencies.
It may be noted 50 percent of the government jobs are reserved for the Scheduled Cast(SC),Scheduled tribe (ST),other backward classes (OBC) and differently abled candidates in Bihar.
There is also a provision of 35 percent horizontal quota for women in all reserved categoriesIn the absence of technical manpower on its rolls, the state government engages technical staff, mostly dealing in information technology (IT)-based operations, through outsourced agencies.
Thousands of IT professionals have been engaged by the state government and the district administrations to run IT operations including Beltron and skill development centres.
Besides, a number of drivers and office maintenance staff have also been supplied by the outsourcing agencies in different departments.