Overview
- Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann distributed appointment letters to 355 recruits in a ceremony the government held on Monday and said the tally of state hires since 2022 has reached 67,037.
- Officials said the new recruits will join departments such as Technical Education, Local Government, Water Supply and Sanitation, Animal Husbandry, Public Works, and Housing and Urban Development.
- The state plans to regularize about 65,000 contractual employees by introducing two laws that it says will move workers from outsourced contracts to direct state employment and eventual permanent status.
- Punjab presented investments in skills and education as part of the package, citing 25 new ITIs, upgrades to polytechnics, internship programmes and a claimed rise to first place in NITI Aayog school rankings.
- Officials framed the hiring as merit‑based and leak‑free since 2022 to restore trust and slow youth migration back to other states or abroad, though the coverage notes these quantitative claims come from government statements and lack independent verification.