Ranchi, February 21 Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren said on Saturday that the deadline for determining the age of eligible candidates for the 14th Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC) examination has been revised from 2026 to 2022.
The deadline for age eligibility was August 1, 2026, for the JPSC examination for the recruitment of administrative officials.
Student organizations were protesting against the age eligibility criteria, demanding that the deadline be revised to 2018.
"There has been a demand from the youth of the state regarding the JPSC exam age eligibility. The age cut-off date, which was 2026, has been revised to 2022," the CM said in the assembly.
On Thursday, Dumri MLA Jairam Mahto and Congress legislator Pradeep Yadav raised the issue of the age criteria for the Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC) exam in the state assembly.
Earlier, during the question hour, JMM legislator Hemlal Murmu raised the issue of rising cybercrime and narcotics trade in the state and sought to know what actions the government is taking to curb such a menace.
Responding to Murmu, state minister Yogendra Prasad said that the government has been taking steps against cybercrime.
"As many as 1,413 cases related to cybercrimes were registered and 1,268 accused have been arrested in 2025, while 1,498 cases were registered in 2024 and 919 people were arrested," Prasad said.
As far as action against narcotics-related crime is concerned, opium cultivation was destroyed on 27,015 acres of land across the state in 2024-25.
"A total of 782 cases were lodged related to narcotics crime, and 994 people have been arrested in 2025, while 803 cases were registered and 1,062 accused were arrested in 2024," the minister said in the assembly.
Chatra legislator Janardan Paswan raised the issue of manpower shortage in different departments and demanded that the retirement age of government and contract employees be raised to 62 years from the existing 60 in the state.
On this, state finance minister Radhakrishna Kishore said, "The government's priority is to create employment and provide job opportunities to educated unemployed youth. Therefore, there is no consideration of increasing the age limit to 62 years."