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Meghalaya Details 67,500 Government-Job Gap, Starts Hiring and Counselling Push

With about 70,000 youths vying for roughly 2,500 state posts annually, the government is steering candidates toward mapped private-sector roles.

Overview

  • Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma told the Assembly the state faces a shortfall of about 67,500 government jobs relative to demand.
  • Recruitment is underway for roughly 7,000 existing vacancies, with the administration saying a long-pending backlog is being filled this year.
  • The Meghalaya State Skill Development Society will run a career counselling programme through 34 centres covering 25 domains, including defence, banking and engineering.
  • The strategy is tied to a Vision 2030 roadmap that maps sector-wise job needs as Meghalaya targets a $10 billion economy.
  • Tourism is projected to create about 54,000 jobs in the coming years, and the opposition urged focused support for defence aspirants that the CM said is included.