Centre, states on hiring spree ahead of polls: 330K govt jobs up for grabs!

Nearly 330,000 govt jobs, including 127,000 in railways, will be up for grabs over the next few months

The central and state governments seem to be on a hiring spree ahead of the 2019 general election in which unemployment could be a key issue. This includes the world’s largest recruitment drive by the Indian Railways at a time when the Narendra Modi government is facing criticism over alleged jobless growth.

The unemployment rate rose to 6.4 per cent in August 2018, compared to 4.1 per cent a year ago.

Conservative estimates show that over 330,000 people could be recruited for various posts and categories across the country by the end of 2019. 

The railways, the country’s largest employer,