Modi hails Rozgar Mela for empowering youth
NEW DELHI: As part of the government’s ‘Rozgar Mela’ (employment fair), Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday distributed over 71,000 appointment letters to new recruits via video conferencing.
Physical copies of appointment letters were handed over at 45 locations across the country, except Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh where the Model Code of Conduct is in force.
The Prime Minister’s Office has said the drive is a step towards fulfilling his commitment to according highest priority to employment generation, and it is expected to be a catalyst in creating more jobs and providing meaningful opportunities to the youth for their empowerment and participation in national development directly.
Modi also launched the Karmayogi Prarambh module on Tuesday. The module is an online orientation course for all new appointees in various government departments. It will include a code of conduct for government servants, workplace ethics and integrity, human resource policies and other benefits and allowances that will help them to get acclimatised to the policies and transition smoothly into the new roles.
Earlier in October, appointment letters were handed over to 75,000 newly inducted appointees under Rozgar Mela.
Modi said that the Mela has been held in Jammu and Kashmir, Andaman Islands, Gujarat, UP and Maharashtra, and highlighted that the initiative to provide job opportunities to the youth will continue uninterrupted and will help in nationbuilding.
Addressing the event, PM Modi said that schemes like ‘Make in India’ or ‘Vocal for Local’ are creating employment and self-employment opportunities in the country.
In his address the PM mentioned the Production Link Initiative (PLI) scheme as a great source of new employment opportunities.
“Under the PLI scheme only, it is expected to create 60 lakh new employment opportunities. Be it Make in India or Vocal for Local, all these schemes are creating new opportunities for employment and self-employment in the country. That means the opportunities for government and non-government jobs are increasing constantly,” PM Modi said.
Modi reiterated the resolve to make India a developed nation in the Amrit Kaal and said that the new recruits will be the ‘saarthi’ of the country in this period.
“You are getting this new responsibility in a special era. The country has entered Amrit Kaal. We the citizens have taken the resolution to make India a developed nation in this duration. To attain this resolution, you’re going to be the ‘saarthi’ of the country,” he said.
“In front of the rest of the people of the country, all of you who are going to shoulder this new responsibility, are being appointed as a representative of
the Central Government in a way,” the Prime Minister added.
He also urged the new recruits to work on capacity building to increase efficiencies within the government.
“I would urge all of them to work on capacity building to increase efficiencies within the Government. Today, more than 71,000 youths are being given appointment letters in 45 cities. This will bring happiness to the homes of thousands of families,” he said.
PM Modi said that the Make in India or Vocal for Local schemes are creating new opportunities of employment for the youth.
“Be it Make in India or Vocal4Local, every scheme is creating new opportunities of employment for the youth. These opportunities are reaching our Yuva in every part of India. Youth are getting benefits from opening up of the space sector for private players. A few days ago, India witnessed how the private sector launched a space rocket successfully,” he said.