Chennai sources stated that news emerged that Engineering and MBA graduates and postgraduates from Tamilnadu are in the race to bag the work of sweepers and sanitary workers in the Tamilnadu Assembly Secretariat. Meanwhile a 45 year high according to the National Sample Survey Office's (NSSO) periodic labor force survey (PLFS) states this comes just a few days after India learned that the country's unemployment rate stands at 6.1% in 2017-18).
Reportedly many Diploma holders, too, are fighting it out for the posts of sweeper (10 vacancies) and sanitary worker (four vacancies) in Tamilnadu. Earlier on September 26, 2018, the Assembly Secretariat sought applications for the posts and the only qualification was that the aspiring candidates should be able-bodied. Hence the minimum age limit was 19 years while the maximum age differs.
Recently the Tamilnadu Assembly Secretariat has received a total of 4,607 applications, including from the Employment Exchange, where these jobs provide a salary between Rs 15,700 and Rs. 50,000 per month. Moreover when TNM had reached out to experts who coach aspirants for the TNPSC and UPSC exams, they observed that this trend was understandable and stemmed from the need for job security.
