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- Andhra Pradesh Agriculture Minister K. Atchannaidu has defended the recruitment of 160 veterinary doctors through the Animal Husbandry Department, rejecting allegations of irregularities.
- Nearly 300 veterinary doctor posts were lying vacant, and the previous YSR Congress Party government did not fill a single post during its five-year tenure, according to the Minister.
- The Veterinary Unemployed Association had asked the government to retain the existing merit-and-weightage system instead of recruitment through the Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission.
- The Public Service Commission said it could not handle recruitment under the weightage system without an examination because of its workload.
- Future recruitment of veterinary doctors will be conducted through the APPSC under an examination-based system, which matters because it settles how long-waiting unemployed graduates will be appointed.
What to watch next
- Whether allegations of irregularities in the current recruitment lead to any formal inquiry or legal challenge
- Progress of the recruitment of the 160 veterinary doctor posts by the Animal Husbandry Department
- Framing of the examination-based recruitment rules for future veterinary doctor posts through the APPSC
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K. Atchannaidu
Andhra Pradesh Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Minister
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“The coalition government has now initiated recruitment process for 160 posts”
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…process. In a statement on Tuesday, Mr. Atchannaidu said nearly 300 veterinary doctor posts were lying vacant and the previous YSR Congress Party government had not filled a single post during its five-year tenure. “ The coalition government has now initiated recruitment process for 160 posts ,” he said. Mr. Atchannaidu said the government had initially proposed filling the vacancies through the Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission (APPSC). However, the Veterinary Unemployed Association had requested…
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