The West Bengal government today decided to raise the maximum age limit for candidates applying for government jobs from 32 years to 37 years.
After a cabinet meeting held at the state secretariat, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee told reporters that the previous Left Front government had raised the limit by five years from 32 years to 37 years.
She said that extension of the age limit was kept valid for five years which was going to expire tomorrow.
"We have now further extended the age limit for Group D and Group C staff by another three rpt three years to 40 years for general category," Banerjee said.For SC/ST category, the limit had been raised from 42 year to 45 years and from 40 years to 43 year for OBC and physically handicapped.
She said that after raising of the limits, more people would get government jobs in the state. Banerjee said that already 2.75 lakh jobs had been created.
"We plan to create four to five lakh jobs both in the government and private sectors", she added.
