Agenda item4

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Agenda item-4

• FILLING UP OF VACANCIES AND
• PROMOTIONAL AVENUES OF
• FRONTLINE FOREST STAFF

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CRITICAL ISSUES

• DEPLETED FORCE (data of 2004
  )
• Category Vacancies
• Range Officer 1,411
• Dy. Rangers 329
• Foresters 4,190
• Forest Guards 11,418
• Total 17,348
• (presently about one fifth of the work
  force is not available)

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CRITICAL ISSUES

• DISADVANTAGED / DEFUNCT FORCE
• Over aged personnel
• Distorted average age due to scanty or no
  recruitment for long time
• Ill-equipped ( in terms of )
• Mobility ( vehicles etc)
• Arms
• Communication
• Training

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CRITICAL ISSUES

• DEMOTIVATED FORCE
• Stagnation
• Very few promotions in Rank
• Limited up-gradation of Pay
• Huge delays in time bound benefits
• Very poor service conditions
• Housing
• Security
• Self
• family
• Perks

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Initiatives Taken

• Short-term Refresher Courses
• For Rangers at SFSC Coimbatore Burnihat and
  ERFC Kurseong
• Average 25 courses 300 trainees per year
• For Front-line Staff ( RO to Guard) at State
  Training Institutes
• Average 90 courses 3000 trainees per year
• New Scheme Capacity Building in Forestry
  Sector has a major component on strengthening
  of Directorate of Forest Education .

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Initiatives Taken

• A proposal in under active consideration for
  strengthening of infrastructure of State
  Training Institutes with the help of an
  externally aided project ( JVIC)- Preliminary
  stage..

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Proposed Actions

• Immediate steps for vacancy filling
• Staggered filling up of vacancies to avoid mass
  recruitment and mass retirement
• Ensure at least two promotions for each cadre
• Direct Entry at fewer levels

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Request

• We need information from all States / UT on
• Current vacancy position
• Recruitments made in the recent past
• Average time taken in promotion to next rank
• ( proforma already circulated with the Agenda
  note)

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• THANK YOU

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Solutions

• At least two rank promotions and three scale
  upgradations
• Remote area / difficult area allowances
• Fellowships for higher education and
  specialisation
• Family back up package
• Children crèche
• Residentail colony
• Security
• Benevolent Fund
• Refresher Courses ( Budget !!!!!)

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• Very Limited Exposure
• to working conditions in different areas (
  within the State and outside )
• To varied management challenges in forest and
  wildlife
• Specialisation
• diversification