According to a report in Press Trust of India (PTI), Tech-savvy and multi-tasking Executive Assistants will replace staffs working as Lower and Upper Division Clerks (LDCs and UDCs) in government jobs.
The sixth Central Pay Commission had recommended that multi-skilled executive assistants with educational qualifications of a degree from a recognised university and a one year diploma in computer education should be recruited.
The multi-skilled executive assistants will execute the work of both, the present day assistants and stenographers and in their case CSS and CSSS cadres would be incorporated. Interestingly, the Commission did not make any suggestion on introduction of the scheme in its report submitted to the government recently.
The new scheme of having a team of Executive Assistants will replace the existing Central Secretariat Service (CSS) and Central Secretariat Stenographers Service (CSSS) in about 20-25 years time."The Executive Assistants (EAs) will be hired through an all India open competition conducted through Staff Selection Commission (SSC)," said the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT).
Further in a report, DoPT said, "After six years of service, EAs will be eligible for promotion as Executive Officers (EOs). In private sector, Executive Assistants are professionals attached to top-level executives for various administrative jobs. The proposed scheme envisages much reduced strength in central secretariat, which, at present, is approximately 21,000, will stand reduced to about 8,200."
The scheme is formed on assumption that secretariat performance will gradually become more Information Technology (IT) based and it will reduce the personal staff in secretariat
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