Government of Assam has released an important notification regarding Government Policy on Small Family Norms in the selection process of candidates for Direct Recruitment to State Government Services and posts. The notification says :-
“The following rules for execution of Government Policy on Small Family Norms in the selection process of candidates for Direct Recruitment to State Government Services and posts under the Government of Assam and for Government Employees who are already serving under Government of Assam are brought to the public notice for general information:
Conditions in selection process of candidates by way of Direct Recruitment to State Government Services and posts
No person having more than two living children on or after 01.01.2021 from a single or multiple partners shall be eligible for appointment in any services and posts under the State Government.
1. No person having more than two living children on or after 01.01.2021 from a single or multiple partners shall be eligible for appointment in any services and posts under the State Government.
If an applicant has only one living child from the earlier delivery but more than one child are born out of a single subsequent delivery, the children so born shall be deemed to be one entity while counting the number of children.
Further, a person having more than two living children before 01.01.2021 shall not be ineligible so long as the number of children he/she has before 01.01.2021 does not Increase on or after 01.01.2021.
2. No person shall be eligible for appointment to any service and post under the Government of Assam if the person has married in violation of The Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006.
Conditions for in service employees under Govt. of Assam:
1 No Government servant shall have more than two living children from a single or multiple partners on or after 01.01.2021.
One or more children born on or after the said date from a single subsequent delivery shall be deemed to be one entity while counting the number of children.
Further, the Government servants having more than two living children before 01.01.2021 shall not be deemed to commit misconduct so long as the number of children he/she has does not increase on or after 01.01.2021.
2. Every Government servant shall on his first appointment to any service or post and thereafter at such intervals, as may be specified by the Govt. of Assam, submit a Declaration giving the details of members of his family In the form appended to these rules.
3. For more details regarding Govt. Policy on Small Family Norms, the Guidelines contained in the Notification No. ABP 69/2019/17, dated 06.11.2019, and Notification No ABP 69/2019/18, dated 16.11.2019, may be referred to which are also available in the Govt. website https://Personnel.assam.gov.in.”
Official Notification : Click Here
Notification ABP.69/2019/17 : Click Here
Notification ABP.69/2019/18 : Click Here
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