New Delhi, 27/6: The Centre has approved the mass promotion of 1,592 assistant section officers to the post of section officers with immediate effect, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said on Tuesday.
He said that the promotion orders will be issued soon by the respective cadre controlling authorities.
“Government has been granting mass promotions to employees to motivate them and overcome the problem of long stagnation. Another 2,000 promotions in ASO and other grades are in process and hopefully, they will get promoted by this year’s end,” said Singh, the minister of state for personnel.