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It is estimated that around 24 lakh people applied for 20,000 clerical posts advertised by the State Bank of India showing that there are more takers for a career in banking. This is specially so as bank wages are likely to be revised by the end of the current fiscal, for which negotiations are going on between the unions, Indian banks association and finance ministry.

The hiring is expected to go up significantly in 2008-09 due to an increase in business opportunities in retail banking, marketing and expansion in rural banking.

According to the Indian Institute of Banking and Finance (IIBF), which is conducting examinations for the banking sector, it has been receiving requests to conduct recruitments from a number of banks for next year and there will be a mega recruitment drive in the early 2009.

Interestingly, the hiring is getting broad-based, bringing in specialists along with generalists for various cadre posts.

"Moreover, only eight candidates got selected from Mewat out of total 3,400 teachers recruited recently in the state," said Sahida Khan, MLA from Taoru constituency of the district. Now, the government has found a way out 'to accommodate' Meo girls with a proposal of separate Mewat Cadre for recruitment. "People from all areas would be eligible to apply for recruitment, but with a condition that the selected candidates will have to stay in Mewat district only," said Anurag Rastogi, special secretary, school education, on Tuesday.

In fact, in a recent meeting, education secretary Rajan Gupta suggested that government should make a policy, in which all JBT Meo girls should be appointed permanent teachers in government schools in Mewat. It was also decided that director elementary education or director secondary education would move a file to the state government in this regard. But without a separate cadre, it was difficult for the government to provide an opportunity to local people. Gupta told TOI that they are looking at various angles related with the proposal.

In a recent survey, in Mewat district, 84,000 children don't go to school against state's figure of 1.6 lakh. Inquiries conducted by the TOI revealed that all government employees posted in Mewat district after a few months get themselves transferred to their native places.