Wednesday, 09 Oct, 2024
Narendra Modi during his electoral campaign in 2014 had promised of creating 2 crore jobs every year. Image Source: IANS
PM Modi had launched Rozgar Mela, a mass recruitment drive for 10 lakh personnel through video conferencing on October 22, 2022.
Prime Minister, Narendra Modi addressed the National Rozgar Mela via video conferencing today and distributed more than 51,000 appointment letters to newly inducted recruits in various Government departments and organizations. The recruits, selected from across the country will be joining the Government in various Ministries/Departments including Ministry of Railways, Department of Posts, Ministry of Home Affairs, Department of Revenue, Department of Higher Education, Department of School Education and Literacy and Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, among others. 37 places across the country were connected with the Mela during the Prime Minister’s address.
According to the Prime Minister’s Office, Rozgar Mela is a step towards fulfilment of the commitment of the Prime Minister to accord highest priority to employment generation and it is expected to act as a catalyst in further employment generation and provide meaningful opportunities to the youth for their empowerment and participation in national development. PM Modi had launched Rozgar Mela, a mass recruitment drive for 10 lakh personnel through video conferencing on October 22, 2022.
The Prime Minister stressed that recruits are the ones who will carry out government schemes on the ground, taking note of the fact that creating job opportunities for youth is a crucial aspect of the nation-building process that will pave the way for India to become a developed nation.
Additionally, the recently hired employees will have the chance to further their education via Karmayogi Prarambh, an online section of the iGOT Karmayogi platform that offers over 750 e-learning courses in a "anywhere, any device" manner.
Narendra Modi during his electoral campaign in 2014 had promised of creating 2 crore jobs every year. Also, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her 2022 budget speech had announced that the government will be creating 60 lakh jobs. India Tracker takes a look at the number of jobs created by the government in last eight years.
PM Rozgar Mela is a step taken by the Modi government towards employment generation in the country. The mass recruitment drive or the Rozgar Mela has been arranged by the central government at a very crucial point of time as the elections in the states of Madhya Pradesh , Rajasthan, Mizoram and Telangana is just few days away. Also, according to the latest data released by the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE), India's unemployment rate in July stood at 7.95 percent. The urban unemployment rate increased from 7.87 percent in June 2023 to 8.06 percent in July. Talking about Madhya Pradesh, the central Indian state has one of the lowest unemployment rate in the country. In March 2023, Madhya Pradesh had an unemployment rate of 3.71 percent.
Source: Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy
According to the Union Minister of State for Personnel, Jitendra Singh’ reply to the Lok Sabha in the monsoon session of 2022, over 22 crore aspirants had applied for the central government jobs in last eight years between 2014 and 2022. Out of the 22 crore applicants, only 7.22 lakh were successful in getting a government job. The year 2018-19 witnessed the lowest job creation by the central government as only 38,100 jobs were created. The following year witnessed the highest job creation in last eight years as 1,47,096 central government jobs were created in different ministries and departments of the central government. The highest number of job application were received in 2018-19 which witnessed the lowest job creation. Around 5,09,36,479 applications were received for jobs across various central government ministries and departments.
Source: Reply to Lok Sabha by Union Minister of state for Personnel Jitendra Singh
The data tells a different story as the central government has not created as many jobs as promised. It should be mentioned, however, that in addition to directly creating jobs to staff central government ministries and agencies, the Modi administration has introduced several programmes that give young people access to employment prospects. The central government has introduced several programmes targeted at creating jobs, including Make in India, Start-up India, Digital India, Smart City Mission, Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP), and Aatmanirbhar Bharat Rozgar Yojana (ABRY).
Also, apart from direct job creation, the Modi government has launched a number of infrastructure projects across the country which would provide employment to many people. He emphasised the part about building infrastructure to create jobs. He reported that in the previous eight years, thousands of km of National Highways had been built nationwide, and ongoing efforts to double, convert to other gauges, and electrify railway lines have been made. He went on to say that the nation is modernising its train stations, building new airports, and creating new waterways, all of which would create jobs for a lot of people.
