Chandigarh, Oct. 17 -- Haryana chief minister (CM) Nayab Saini on Saturday said the state government has provided 46,500 government jobs to youth in the past two years through a transparent, merit based recruitment process.

Addressing a press conference in Chandigarh to mark the completion of two years of the BJP government's third consecutive term, CM said service security has also been extended to contractual employees, guest faculty in technical education institutions, extension lecturers in colleges and guest professors.

Saini said the promotion quota to clerical posts for Common Cadre Group-D employees with more than five years of service has been increased from 20 % to 30%. The CM said that of the 217 promises made in the 'Sankalp...