Govt has prioritized recruitment process: PM Modi addresses Rozgar Mela

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday addressed the National Rozgar Mela via video conferencing and distributed about 71000 appointment letters to newly inducted recruits in various Government departments and organizationsAddressing the gathering the Prime Minister said these Melas at the center and BJPruled states show the governmentrsquos commitment towards the youthIn the last 9 years the Prime Minister emphasized that the government has prioritized the recruitment process by making it faster transparent and unbiased Recalling the difficulties faced in the recruitment process the Prime Minister pointed out that the Staff Selection Board took roughly 1518 months to onboard the new recruits whereas today it takes only 68 months He underlined that the tedious process of recruitment which existed earlier starting from acquiring the application form to submitting it via post has now been simplified by making it online where a provision for selfattestation of documents has also been introduced The Prime Minister also added that interviews for Group C and Group D have also been abolished The Prime Minister said that the biggest benefit of this is the extermination of nepotism from the entire processModi said that during the nine years of his government policies were made keeping in mind the employment possibilities Initiatives in the fields of modern infrastructure rural push or expansion of the basic needs of life every policy of the Government of India is creating new opportunities for the youthThe Prime Minister informed that in the last nine years the government has spent about 34 lakh crore rupees on capital expenditure and on basic facilities In this yearrsquos Budget too 10 lakh crore rupees were allocated for the capital expenditure This amount is resulting in modern infrastructure like new highways new airports new rail routes bridges etc This is creating many new jobs in the country he saidIn the last 9 years the Prime Minister continued the nature of jobs has seen tremendous changes where new sectors have emerged for the youth of the country The Prime Minister reiterated that the central government is providing continuous support to these new sectors and highlighted the startup revolution that the nation has witnessed He informed that the number of startups in the country increased from 100 before 2014 to more than 1 lakh today which has given employment to more than 10 lakh youthsHighlighting the technological developments that have made the lives of people easier than before the Prime Minister gave examples of appbased taxi services that have become a lifeline for the cities efficient online delivery systems that have increased employment boost to the drone sector which has helped in spraying of pesticides to delivery of medicines expanding city gas distribution system whose coverage has gone up from 60 to 600 citiesAlso readUS report highlights continued targeted attacks against religious minorities in IndiaThe Prime Minister emphasized that higher education institutes and skill development institutes are being developed at a fast pace in the country Between 2014 and 2022 the Prime Minister informed a new IIT and a new IIM have come up every year He further added that one university has been inaugurated every week and two colleges have become functional every day on average in the last 9 years The Prime Minister pointed out that there were around 720 universities in the country before 2014 whereas that number has increased to more than 1100 today Touching upon medical education in the country the Prime Minister stated that only 7 AIIMS were built in the country in 7 decades whereas in the last 9 years the government has developed 15 new AIIMS He also added that the number of medical colleges in the country has increased from 400 to 700 where the number of MBBS and MD seats increased from around 80 thousand to more than 1 lakh 70 thousandThe Prime Minister also underlined the role of ITIs in the development ldquoIn the last 9 years one ITI has been established every dayrdquo He informed that new courses are being started in 15 thousand ITIs as per the needs of the country and more than 125 crore youth has been imparted skills under the PM Kaushal Vikas Scheme Giving the example of EPFO the Prime Minister the Prime Minister informed that after 201819 45 crore new formal jobs have been created as per EPFO Net Payroll indicating a steady growth in formal jobs Opportunities for selfemployment are also increasing continuouslyRecalling his recent meeting with the Walmart CEO the Prime Minister informed about the CEOrsquos confidence in India in exporting up to 80 thousand crore rupees worth of goods from the country This is big news for the youth employed in the sectors of logistics and supply chain He said He also recalled his meeting with the CEO of CISCO whose goal is to export 8 thousand crores worth of products from India and the CEO of Apple who expressed confidence about the mobile manufacturing industry in India Top Executive of the semiconductor company NXP also showed positivity for Indiarsquos capacity to create a semiconductor ecosystem Foxconn too has started investments worth thousands of crore he said The Prime Minister also informed about his scheduled meetings with CEOs of the worlds leading companies in the next week and said that all of them are full of enthusiasm to invest in India He underlined that such efforts highlight the new employment opportunities being created in different sectors in IndiaConcluding the address the Prime Minister directed his address to the new recruits and underlined their role in this Mahayagya of development going on in the country where the resolutions of a developed India have to be realized in the next 25 years The Prime Minister urged the recruits to make full use of this opportunity and highlighted the governments emphasis on the skill development of its employees through the iGoT Karmayogi module an online learning platform