New Delhi: Delays in Pandemic and Procedural Coronavirus In payment of exam fees of RS 50 Crore have hampered the recruitment of 211 forest guards by the Department of Forestry Delhi which is very short, according to officials.
Hearing the request to move by lawyer Aditya Prasad, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has been in July 2019 ordered the department to fill the earliest empty post.
In November of that year, he again directed the authority to complete the recruitment process within four months.
According to officials, the Delhi government outsourced testing services and online ratings for Edcil India Limited in November 2019, took them out of the PurView of Delhi’s bottom service selection board, and issued an advertisement in December to fill 226 posts emptied – Four Forest Rangers, 211 guards Forest and 11 wildlife guards.
Edcil, a public sector company Miniratna under the Ministry of Human Resources Development, conducted a test for forest guards and wildlife guards in March last year.
The final result was stated in January 2021.
“Wildlife guards have joined the task and they maintain wildlife rescue operations throughout the city.
Rangers underwent training for 18 months.
However, the delay in the pandemic and procedural in releasing exam fees of more than Rs 50 Crore To the test agent hampered the recruitment of forest guards, “said an official to PTI on anonymous requirements.
According to other officials, online checks for forest guards will be held in April.
year but postponed because of a pandemic.
It was then done in March.
“There is a delay in payment (exam expenses) because some procedural problems and the budget allocated for this purpose is abundant after March 31.
It has been taken up again.
This file is waiting with the Ministry of Finance,” he said.
A third official said, “Edcil has prepared results and we have made a sincere effort to accelerate the payment of exam fees, but is expected only after December 31.” The process recruitment also involves physical testing and verification of documents to be carried out after the written examination results are announced.
After the test fee is paid, it can take up to six months to complete the remaining process, the official said the official also admitted.
It is difficult to ensure forest law enforcement in the field due to lacking staff lacking.
“It is difficult for the department to treat nurseries, maps and eliminate encroachment in forest land and take action against tree violations because of crunch staff,” said an official.
The department has struggled to keep anyah notes planted to compensate for trees that are cut or transplanted as part of the development project, and their survival of RA.
Te because of the scarcity of staff, he said.