New paramilitary hiring process relies on tech

The process of recruitment to the central paramilitary forces has been made heavily dependant on technology to end corruption and nepotism.

Minister of state for home Ajay Maken, who unfolded the new policy, said it would make recruitments more transparent and objective. “Minimum human intervention will result in free and fair selection,” Maken said.

The entire process has been streamlined by removing steps that would have given people a chance to manipulate results. In this connection, subjective evaluation and marking has been replaced by multiple-choice objective questions which would have to be answered on specially-designed sheets. Besides, authorities have decided to do away with marks in the physical test and cancelled the interview.

In order to curb chances of impersonation (outsiders appearing in tests on behalf of real candidates) the ministry has decided to use biometric identification.

What’s more, the government has decided to videograph the selection process to make it as fair as possible and help satisfy the queries of rejected candidates. No officer from a state where recruitment is being held would be made a recruitment board member for that state. Moreover, those with tainted records would be kept away from the process, Maken said.