The new revised recruitment policy was approved in the Jharkhand Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Hemant Soren today. In government jobs, the compulsion of matriculation and intermediate pass from Jharkhand was abolished. Now students who have passed the matriculation and intermediate examinations from other states too are eligible to apply for government jobs. Moreover, the new recruitment policy also gets rid of having knowledge of local customs and traditions. Bowing to demands from the opposition the new recruitment policy has added Hindi, English and along with regional languages.
In August 2021, the State cabinet dropped Hindi, English and Sanskrit from the list of mandatory languages that candidates appearing for exams conducted by the Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission (JSCC) for Grade III and IV government jobs have to clear.
The regional and tribal languages – Mundari, Kharia, Ho, Santhali, Khortha, Panchpargania, Bangla, Urdu, Kurmali, Nagpuri, Kurukh and Odia. As per earlier recruitment policy Urdu was retained as one of the languages in the 12 language papers while Hindi and Sanskrit which were there earlier have been dropped.
In another cabinet decision the government has hiked the incentives amount for matriculation and intermediate toppers.