Union Minister Prakash Javadekar briefed the media on August 19, after the Cabinet meeting held earlier today. He announced key decisions taken during the meet.
It has also approved the setting up of National Recruitment Agency (NRA) to conduct Common Eligibility Test (CET), a decision that is expected to benefit job seeking youth of the country. Union Minister Jitendra Singh said the merit list of the CET will remain valid for three years, during which time candidates can apply for jobs in different sectors depending upon their aptitude and preferences.
The CET score will be made available to the candidate as well as to the individual recruitment agency. Each candidate will have two additional chances to improve his score, and the best of all scores will be considered.
CET merit list may be made available to the states by NRA on cost-sharing basis, for undertaking recruitment to state government jobs. C Chandramouli, Secretary to the govt, said there are over 20 recruitment agencies in the central government, adding that while although exams of only three agencies are being made common as of now, in due course of time a Common Eligibility Test for all recruitment agencies will be adopted. With the approval of NRA, nearly 2.5 job seekers in India who apply for multiple examinations to various government and public sector agencies will now have to appear for a single online entrance test, CET.
