People with professional qualifications such as M.Tech, B.Tech, and MBA, postgraduates as well as graduates are in the race to bag the work of sweepers and sanitary workers in the Tamil Nadu Assembly Secretariat.
Many Diploma holders too are fighting it out for the posts of sweeper (10 vacancies) and sanitary worker (4 vacancies).
On September 26, the Assembly Secretariat sought applications for the posts.
The only qualification was that the aspiring candidates should be able-bodied. The minimum age limit was 18 years completed. The maximum age differed.
A total of 4,607 applications were received, including from the Employment Exchange.
Of this, 677 applicants were rejected while the balance has fulfilled the eligibility criteria.
NSSO Report On Unemployment
According to the National Sample Survey Office's (NSSO) periodic labour force survey, which has been accessed by Business Standard newspaper, the country's unemployment rate was at a 45-year-high of 6.1 per cent in 2017-18.
The report, which has not been made public yet, is at the centre of controversy after two National Statistical Commission (NSC) members - P C Mohanan and J V Meenakshi - quit on Tuesday citing delays in the release of the report as one of the reasons for the decisions.
According to the report, the unemployment rate in 2017-18 was at its highest level since 1972-73, the period since when the jobs data is comparable.
According to Business Standard report, joblessness for rural male youth (aged 15-29) went from 5 per cent in 2011-12 to 17.4 per cent in 2017-18. For rural women in the same age group, joblessness went from 4.8 per cent in 2011-12 to 13.6 per cent in 2017-18
(With inputs from agencies)
