Overview
- The latest batch includes 2,023 linemen, 48 internal auditors and 35 revenue accountants appointed in PSPCL and PSTCL.
- The state government says the cumulative number of jobs given to youth has reached 58,962 over roughly three-and-a-half years.
- Since April 2022, the two power corporations have made 8,984 appointments, according to figures shared at the event.
- Mann asserted that the hiring process was based on merit and said not a single appointment has been challenged in court, contrasting it with past patronage.
- He urged new recruits to support the state's anti-drug campaign and accused the Centre of interfering in Punjab’s affairs, citing Panjab University and Bhakra water-release pressures.