Arunachal Pradesh Cabinet decides to bring reforms in APPSC

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ITANAGAR: The Arunachal Pradesh Cabinet on Thursday took an important decision for bringing reforms in the Arunachal Pradesh Public Service Commission (APPSC) and restructuring health facilities in the State.

The Cabinet, headed by Chief Minister Pema Khandu, decided to constitute a high-level ministerial committee to examine and study the Permanent Residence Certificate (PRC) requirement for appearing in examinations conducted by the APPSC.

The committee will examine various aspects of the matter, including the practice of PRC being made mandatory by other States, including Mizoram, Manipur and Nagaland. The committee would also consider previous report (s) submitted to the Government in the matter and give its recommendations in a time-bound manner, a communiqué from the CMO said.

The Cabinet decided to compulsorily include regional topics pertaining to Arunachal Pradesh in specific, and North-East India in general, in the syllabus of competitive examinations conducted in the State.

The Cabinet also agreed to strengthen grievance-redressal mechanism in APPSC for which regulations (pertaining to constitution of a permanent body and timelines for disposal of grievances) shall be framed.

"The provisions regarding marks in various subjects and number of persons to be called for interview shall be amended and will be aligned in accordance with prevailing rules governing the selection by UPSC. Moreover, the Administrative Reforms (AR) department shall take steps to amend the existing office memorandum June 10 last," the communiqué said.

The AR department shall study the practice in UPSC regarding providing information in respect of marks obtained for each question and marks obtained by third party. For appointment of chairman and members for the Commission, the Cabinet decided that the provisions of Article 316 of the Constitution would be followed.

The Cabinet also approved 'Restructuring of Health Facilities in the State vis-à-vis Indian Public Health Standards Guidelines and Human Resource distribution as per IPHS norms to these categories of health facilities'.

It further approved developing a State human resource (HR) index and Transfer Policy linked to IPHS norms to move towards the rational deployment of health human resource in the State.

The Cabinet was briefed on the decisions and deliberations of the first-ever National Conference of chief secretaries with the Prime Minister in Himachal Pradesh.

The Chief Minister instructed all ministers to hold meeting every week with their respective commissioners and secretaries to carry forward the agenda of the conference, the communiqué added.

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