NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the Rozgar Mela today, 20 February, via video conferencing. 
The Prime Minister had launched Rozgar Mela in October 2022 on the occasion of Dhanteras. The Rozgar Mela has envisaged a campaign to provide 10 lakh central government jobs. 

"The Rozgar Mela will be a key step in achieving the Prime Minister's ongoing commitment to ensuring the welfare of residents and offering job opportunities for the young. All Ministries and Departments are operating in "Mission Mode" to fill open positions in accordance with the Prime Minister's directives. Prime Minister's Office had said in a statement about the Rozgar Mela.

Since then, the Prime Minister has addressed Rozgar Melas of several states including Gujarat, Jammu and Kashmir and Maharashtra.

He had handed out over 71,000 appointment letters earlier in January 2023 to newly hired candidates in government departments and organisations.

The PM also launched a Karmayogi Prarambh module for online orientation courses for all new appointees in various government departments while distributing about 71,000 appointment letters to newly inducted recruits.

Earlier on February 2, Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh informed Rajya Sabha that there are currently over 9.79 lakh open positions in the central government, spread across 78 ministries and departments. Of these positions, 2.93 lakh are in the railways, 2.64 lakh are in the defence (civil), and 1.43 lakh are in the department of home affairs. Inductions of new appointees into various central ministries, departments, central public sector undertakings, and autonomous bodies, among others, are taking place at "Rozgar Mela" events taking place across the nation.

Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh stated that the ongoing "Rozgar Mela" will act as a catalyst in the generation of employment and self-employment in addition to providing gainful service opportunities to 10 lakh youth over the course of about a year in a written response to a question from BJP MP Sushil Modi.

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