Question 3294
In July 2020, which of the following states has decided to give preference to plasma donors in government jobs?
Answer
Assam
Why?
Option 3 is correct: The Assam government announced that the plasma donors of the state will get preferences in all government facilities including government job interviews. Assam health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that the state government will provide a certificate to each plasma donor in the state. In government job interviews the plasma donor will get two marks extra by producing the plasma donor certificate. For example, if two persons have scored the same for a government job with limited seats, a plasma donor will be given first preferences for the job. Similarly, the name of someone at the bottom of the beneficiary list for PMAY (Prime Minister’s Awas Yojana) will be put on top if that person is a plasma donor. The Assam government has also decided to give "state-guest facility" to encourage donors from other states. People of other States who donate plasma would be provided with State guest house facilities if they visit Assam and the State government would bear the cost of their return air ticket.
