The Kerala government will replace the existing promotion system with a merit-based selection process to fill key posts in public sector undertakings (PSUs), Industries Minister P. Rajeeve has said.
According to him, many department heads in State-run companies currently lack the proficiency required to steer their units ahead and match up to the challenge posed by private players. “Marketing divisions are helmed by those who entered service as engineers and lacked competence in sales. Such lacunae have promoted the government to avoid automatic promotions in certain avenues,” Mr. Rajeeve said in the Assembly on Thursday.
Pointing out that wage hikes could be implemented only by considering the financial health of PSUs, the Minister said a system of performance-linked incentives will be introduced to reward productive employees. The practice had been recommended by an expert committee headed by former Chief Secretary Paul Antony.
