Two Lakh Merit-Based Permanent Government Jobs

The promise is to provide two lakh permanent government jobs through a merit-based process described in the manifesto as without recommendation slips or illicit payments. Official state reporting said 24,000 youth joined government service shortly after formation of the government and later reported 33,949 appointments during the first year, with recruitment for another 17,000 posts in process. The verified appointment figure represents about 17 percent of the two-lakh target, while roughly 35 percent of the five-year term has elapsed by July 2026. This is meaningful delivery, but the pace demonstrated by completed appointments is not yet sufficient to classify the target as on_track. The process-integrity wording is not treated as independently proven merely because the government describes recruitment as transparent; no comprehensive independent audit of every appointment was found. Budget: No consolidated promise-specific allocation or utilisation figure for creating two lakh permanent posts was found; recruitment expenditure is distributed across departmental establishment budgets.