Jharkhand Cabinet Approves Joint Recruitment Rules 2025, Relaxes Parameters For Physical Test

Jharkhand Cabinet Approves Joint Recruitment Rules 2025, Relaxes Parameters For Physical Test

Jharkhand Cabinet on Wednesday approved the Joint Recruitment Rules 2025, relaxing parameters for physical ability tests required in different recruitments such as police, excise constable, warden and home guard, an official said. The approval was given during a cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Hemant Soren.

PTIUpdated: Thursday, March 13, 2025, 10:02 AM IST
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Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren | File Pic

Ranchi: Jharkhand Cabinet on Wednesday approved the Joint Recruitment Rules 2025, relaxing parameters for physical ability tests required in different recruitments such as police, excise constable, warden and home guard, an official said.

The approval was given during a cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Hemant Soren.

About The New Rules

According to the new rules, male aspirants will now have to run 1,600 metres in six minutes for the physical ability test, instead of the current qualifying benchmark of 10 km run in 60 minutes.

For female candidates, the distance needs to be completed in 10 minutes instead of the current qualifying benchmark of 5 km in 40 minutes.

"This is for the first time such rules have been set up in the state, amending the physical ability test," cabinet secretary Vandana Dadel said.

The Hemant Soren government had indicated last year to relax the parameters for the physical test following deaths of 15 aspirants during the excise constable recruitment drive in August - September.

The deaths of the aspirants had become a major issue ahead of the Assembly polls last year with the BJP using it to corner the Soren-led government.

Later, the CM had written a letter to the Centre, seeking assistance for a detailed investigation into the deaths of aspirants.

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