Employment fair: PM Modi distributed over 70,000 appointment letters to new recruits

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday distributed over 70,000 appointment letters to newly recruited recruits through video conferencing. Addressing those appointed on the occasion, the Prime Minister said, “It is a great honor to get the opportunity to serve as a government servant during the ‘Amrit Mahotsav of Independence’, when the country is working on the path of development. The people of this country have taken a pledge to make India a developed country.”

He said that the next 25 years are very important for India. PM Modi said, “Today every expert is saying that in a few years India will be among the top three economies of the world. This means that employment opportunities and per capita income of the citizen will increase.” Hitting out at the previous government, PM Modi said that during their rule, the banking sector witnessed huge destruction.

“Today India is one of the countries where the banking sector is considered to be the strongest, but 9 years back this was not the case… Our banking sector has seen massive destruction during the previous government. Today, we are able to do digital transactions, but 9 years ago, phone banking was not there for 140 crore people. People who were close to a specific family used to call up banks and provide them loans worth thousands of crores and these loans were never repaid. This ‘phone banking scam’ is one of the biggest scams during the previous government. was one of the scams.” ,

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The job fair was organized at 44 places across the country. The recruitment is being done by the Central Government Departments as well as State Governments and Union Territories supporting this initiative.

The newly selected employees from across the country will join the government in various ministries/departments including Department of Revenue, Department of Financial Services, Department of Posts, Department of School Education, Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Central Public Sector Undertakings, Department of Water Resources, Department of Personnel and Training and Ministry of Home Affairs.

The Rozgar Mela is a step towards fulfilling the Prime Minister’s commitment to give top priority to employment generation.

“The job fair will act as a catalyst in further employment generation and provide meaningful opportunities to the youth for their empowerment and participation in national development,” a PMO statement said on Friday.
Prime Minister Modi launched the first phase of ‘Rozgar Mela’ on October 22 last year, marking the beginning of the campaign to provide 10 lakh government jobs.