Recruitment amendments: Assistant General Manager posts permitted on deputation including short-term contract, with specified eligibility and desirable experience. The amendment authorizes deputation including short-term contract as the mode of recruitment for the Assistant General Manager post and substitutes Schedule entries to permit officers from government departments, recognized research institutes, public undertakings and related organisations to be appointed if they hold an analogous post on regular basis or possess the prescribed period of regular service in the equivalent pay level; regular experience in administration or establishment is listed as desirable.