Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi launches Rozgar Mela – the recruitment drive for 10 lakh personnel via video conferencing from New Delhi. During the ceremony, appointment letters were handed over to 75,000 newly inducted appointees at 50 places across the country. The Prime Minister also addressed these appointees on the occasion.  

This will be a significant step forward towards fulfilling the continuous commitment of the Prime Minister to providing job opportunities for the youth and ensuring welfare of citizens. As per the directions of the Prime Minister, all Ministries and Departments are working towards filling up existing vacancies against sanctioned posts in Mission Mode. The entire target of providing 10 lakh jobs will be completed in a time bound manner in the next 12 months.
India is celebrating completion of 75 years of Independence. 75,000 appointment letters have been today as a first tranche. This process of appointment of 75000 officials every month will be continued for the next one year to complete the target of 10 lakh (Das lakh) appointments.

Recruitment will take place across 38 Ministries and Departments of the Government of India and their PSUs/Autonomous Bodies etc.
Recruitments are being done by Min/Dept either by themselves or through Recruiting agencies such as UPSC, Staff Selection Commission (SSC). Recruitment for Railways is done by Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) and Railway Recruitment Cell (RRC). SSC is the major recruitment agency for central government posts. 
Various steps are being taken for compressing recruitment timelines by SSC, some of which are:
●    Net increase of 60% in capacity of conducting computer-based exams by increasing the number of examination shifts from 3 to 4 and overbooking of nodes by 20%. 
●    Reducing the number of examination tiers to maximum 2. (For example: Exams for MTS recruitment reduced from 2 to 1), thereby reducing time taken for recruitment.  
●    Simplified document validation leveraging technology (use of Digilocker, Aadhar based verification, etc.)
●    Document verification to be done only once by the Min/Dept.
The appointments are being done for the posts of Group –A, Group –B (Gazetted), Group –B (Non-Gazetted), and Group –C.  Majority of the posts are in Group B and Group C. Some of these posts are as under:

o    Railways: Assistant Loco Pilot, Technicians Non-Technical Popular Categories (NTPC) (Includes Guard, station master, Time keeper, Clerk, Traffic Assistant) etc.
o    Home:      Assit. Commissioner (AC) Sub Inspector (SI) Constable etc.
o    Posts:    LDC-PA Wing, Postal Assistant, Stenographer, Junior Accountant, Inspector Posts etc.
o    Revenue: Assist. Commissioner, Inspector, Examiner, Preventive Officer, Stenographer, Jr. Translator, CRCL Chemical Assistant, Income Tax Inspector Tax Assistant, Stenographer, MTS, Hawaldar, Sub Inspector, CRCL Lab Assistant, ITI, Sr TA, TA, OS, NS, Steno & others etc.
o    Defence:    Scientist, Asst Ex-Engineer, AEE, Sr Draughtsman, DRT Cadre, JE/Supervisor, ASO, Tradesman Mate, Civilian Motor Driver, MTS, LDC, Chowkidar & UDC etc.
o    Others:    Bank Officers, Teachers/Lectures/ Nurses etc.

493 youths were given appointment letters in East Coast Railway jurisdiction in various capacities. Out of this, 105 youths (92 from Railways and 13 from other Ministries) were offered appointment letters at the Rozgar Mela held at Cuttack today. 
Hon’ble Union Minister of State for Tribal Affairs and Jal Shakti, Govt. of India Shri Bishweswar Tudu graced the occasion at Saheed Bhawan, Cuttack and handed over recruitment letters to the newly recruited candidates. Shri Mohammed Moquim, Hon’ble MLA Cuttack also graced the occasion with his presence. 
The new appointee will join the Government and serve the nation and will play a significant role in nation building. They will be involved in the task of building New India with innovative ideas, cutting edge technology and public participation. 

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