RANCHI: Six months after 15 aspirants for excise constable posts died during a “long’ run test, Jharkhand cabinet on Wednesday approved joint recruitment rules for police, excise, home guard and prison departments, laying down a uniform physical endurance test for constable-rank posts.“This is for the first time that joint recruitment rules are being brought with certain amendments, mainly for physical tests,” cabinet secretary Vandana Dadel said.Now, male aspirants will have to complete a 1.6 km run in six minutes, against 10km in an hour earlier. “Female aspirants will need to clear the same distance in 10 minutes,” Dadel said. Earlier female candidates were required to run 5km in 40 mins.Outraged at the recruitment deaths, BJP-led opposition had slammed govt for ‘strenuous’ endurance test. It had become a poll issue during the assembly election.
Jharkhand eases test for aspiring cops 6 months after 15 deaths during long run | India News
