SK-JOB-SCHEME

Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan

Kumar Chamling on Saturday launched the 'One Family One Job'

scheme which entitles one government job for every family in

the state.

Chamling had announced the scheme last year during the

winter session of the state Legislative Assembly.

At a "Rojgar Mela" (employment fair) organised at the

Paljor stadium here, over 12,000 unemployed youths were handed

out appointment letters on Saturday.

However, the letters were awarded only to members of

those families which do not have a government job at present.

The task of providing employment was entrusted to the

Department of Personnel.

Chamling also announced that over 25,000 already

employed but unregularised government employees would also be

subsequently regularised within 2019 according to their

seniority.

"Sikkim has become the first state in the country to

carry out such an exclusive programme for the people who would

now be entitled to state government employee benifits,"

Chamling said.

He also said that Sikkim was the only state that

earmarks 70 per cent of its revenues towards salaries for

state government employees.

As of now, the state government has over 1 lakh

regularised employees on its rolls from a population of just

6.4 lakh.

Sikkim is also the only state in the country that

gives the highest salaries to state government employees,

Chamling added.