Digital Goa, Sept 9 – The recruitment of municipal employees will be put on hold as a temporary measure till the issue of implementation of common cadre for Urban Local Bodies in Municipal Administration is sorted out, announced Urban Development Minister Vishwajeet Rane. The file is being sent to the Law Minister Nilesh Cabral for his inputs, we will then forward the same to CM Sawant and the cabinet, said Rane. Common Cadre has been pending for a very long time and needs to be implemented with immediate effect, unless this decision is taken there will be no recruitment in any Municipalities, this is needed in order to bring in more efficiency into the system, he asserted. The Minister underlined the need for these reforms pointing out issues such as bureaucratic monopoly due to employees being stationed in one place for extended period, delays in receiving pension payments etc. “The objective is to align urban operations with the principles of the 74th Amendment,” Rane said.
