Itanagar, Jul 28: The Arunachal Pradesh Cabinet on Thursday took several key decisions pertaining to bringing reforms in the State Public Service Commission. The State Cabinet, chaired by chief minister Pema Khandu, decided that a high-level ministerial committee will be constituted to examine the Permanent Residence Certificate (PRC) requirement for appearing exams conducted by Arunachal Pradesh Public Service Commission (APPSC).
“The Committee will examine various aspects of the matter including the practice of PRC being made mandatory by other States including Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland, etc. The Committee will also consider previous report(s) submitted to the Government in the matter and give its recommendations in a time-bound manner,” a communique from the chief minister's office said.
The Cabinet also decided that regional topics pertaining to Arunachal Pradesh in particular and North East India in general shall be compulsorily included in the syllabus of competitive exams conducted in the State.
“Grievance redressal mechanism shall be strengthened in APPSC for which regulations (pertaining to constitution of a permanent body and timelines for disposal of grievances) shall be framed.
“The provisions regarding marks in various subjects and number of persons to be called for interview shall be amended and will be aligned in accordance with prevailing rules governing the selection by UPSC,” the communiqué said, adding, “AR Department shall take steps to amend the existing OM dated 10th June 2022”.
Further, the Administrative Reforms Department shall study the practice in UPSC etc regarding providing information in respect of (i) marks obtained for each question and (ii) marks obtained by third party. The Cabinet also decided that the provisions of Article 316 of the Constitution will be followed for appointment of Chairman and Members for the APPSC, it said.
The State Cabinet also gave its approval for “Restructuring of Health Facilities in the State vis-àvis Indian Public Health Standards Guidelines and Human Resource distribution as per IPHS norms to these categories of Health facilities.”
The Cabinet also approved developing a State HR Index and Transfer Policy linked to IPHS norms to move towards the rational deployment of Health Human Resource in the State.
Earlier, the Cabinet was briefed about the first ever National Conference of Chief Secretaries by the Prime Minister in Himachal Pradesh. Khandu instructed all ministers to hold meetings every week with their respective commissioners and secretaries to carry forward the agenda of the conference.

 

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