The state cabinets recent decision to begin the process of recruitment for 15,000 vacancies in the police department from September as part of the governments promise to appoint 1 lakh youths in government service, has brought a ray of hope for educated unemployed youths, many of whom lost their jobs in the pandemic that broke out last year.

In 2018, theState Level Police Recruitment Board(SLPRB), Assam, had released an official notification inviting online applications for 6,662 constable posts. Exams for the posts were supposed to be held by the end of 2020. But they had to be cancelled after the sub-inspector recruitment exam papers got leaked in September last year.

The has also decided to create five new Assam Police battalions. A total of 6,270 youths will be appointed in these five new battalions. The police department has around 30,000 vacant posts at present.