Home » National » Rozgar Mela Union Ministers Hand Out Appointment Orders To 196 People In Kerala

Rozgar Mela: Union ministers hand out appointment orders to 196 people in Kerala

A Rozgar Mela is an event where a number of employers and job seekers come together for the purpose of applying and interviewing for jobs.

ByPTI

Published Jan 20, 2023 | 10:01 PM ⚊UpdatedJan 20, 2023 | 10:01 PM

Prime Minister Modi inaugurated Rozgar Melas across the country via video conferencing. (BJP/Twitter)

Union ministers on Friday, 20 January, handed appointment orders to 196 people in Thiruvananthapuram and Kochi as part of the third phase of the Rozgar Mela, a central scheme to provide employment to 10 lakh people.

Union Minister of State for Labour Rameswar Teli, who handed over the appointment letters at Thiruvananthapuram, said that the government was actively considering giving more opportunities to women in Rozgar Melas.

“The government is actively considering giving more opportunities to women in Rozgar Melas. Our top priority is to create more employment opportunities,” Teli said at the event in Thiruvananthapuram.

Meanwhile, Union Minister of State for Finance Bhagwat Karad handed over the appointment orders at Kochi and called upon newly-appointed candidates to work hard and contribute to the growth of the country.

आज कोची,केरला में मा. प्रधानमंत्री श्री. @narendramodi जी द्वारा रोजगार मेले का आयोजन किया गया | इसमें सम्मिलित होकर नवनियुक्त सभी को बधाई और शुभकामनाएं दी |
यह रोजगार मेला युवाओंको दृढ़ संकल्प के साथ आगे बढ़ने की प्रेरणा भी देगा | #RozgarMela #DrKaradUpdates pic.twitter.com/3GfS8T03AM

— Dr Bhagwat Kishanrao Karad (मोदी का परिवार) (@DrBhagwatKarad) January 20, 2023

Also Read: KTR terms Rozgar Mela a sham in open letter to PM Modi

The event

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Rozgar Mela through video conferencing and interacted with the appointees.

The recruitment involved central government institutions such as the Railways, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation, National Statistical Office, Department of Posts, Bank of Baroda, and Punjab National Bank.

Addressing the Rozgar Mela. Best wishes to the newly inducted appointees. https://t.co/1jA5ocfXdH

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) January 20, 2023

Minister Karad, at the event in Kochi, urged the new appointees to “work smart, be creative, and implement new ideas” during their tenure as government servants.

“The youth should use new technologies to improve work and aim at yielding better results,” Karad said.

A total of 108 appointments were given in Thiruvananthapuram and 88 appointments were given in Kochi.

(Disclaimer: The headline, subheads, and intro of this report along with the photos may have been reworked by South First. The rest of the content is from a syndicated feed, and has been edited for style.)