The candidates will be selected on the basis of online interviews that will be held on 12 and 13 December, the minister said.

The minister further informed that the members of NCP and its affiliated bodies have been deployed on the ground along with the laptop. They will help aspirants in the registration process.

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When asked about the total job seekers in the state, Mr. Malik said the government was still updating the statistics.

“We have had close to 30 lakh people registered at the employment exchange over the years. At the time of data update, it has come to the fore that many of them have got the jobs and many have crossed the retirement stage. As per the figures, 13.5 lakh job seekers are there in the state. Efforts are on to further update the records,” he informed.

As per the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) latest data for December 2020, Maharashtra’s unemployment rate is about 3.1 percent.

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