New Delhi, July 22: Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology; MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh, on Saturday said the BJP government has given 70 percent more number of jobs during the last nine years compared to the first nine years of the UPA rule from 2004 to 2013
He said this in his welcome remarks at the Rozgar Mela addressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi via video conferencing where he distributed more than 70,000 appointment letters to newly inducted recruits in various government departments and organizations.
Dr Jitendra quoted the figures that while UPA provided 6,00,245 government jobs in nine years, the NDA led by Prime Minister Modi has provided 8,82,191 jobs in the last years so far.
“During the nine years of the UPA SSC recruited 2,07,563 people; it gave jobs to 4,00,691 youths during the nine-year rule of the Modi Government. Similarly, RRB gave 3,47,251 jobs in the previous government in 9 years while it provided 4,30,594 jobs in the present government in 9 years. The figures for UPSC recruitment are 45,431 for the UPA in 9 years and 50, 906 for the NDA in 9 years so far,” he said.
Dr Singh said the start-up movement started by Prime Minister in 2015 has touched the one lakh mark from 350 start-ups in 2014. Similarly, after the opening of the space sector in June 2020, more than 150 start-ups have been set up creating new job opportunities, he said.
The minister said that outside the formal government sector, Khadi Mission, Aroma Mission, Toy Industries and Mudra loans to the youths and SVANidhi scheme for street vendors created millions of livelihood opportunities.
He said the new recruits selected from across the country will be joining the government in various ministries and departments, adding that 44 places across the country were connected with the mela during the Prime Minister’s address.
In the Azadi ka Amrit Kaal, the Prime Minister said that every citizen has taken the resolve to make India a ‘Viksit Bharat’. He emphasized that the next 25 years are extremely crucial for the new recruits and the nation as he stressed making the most out of the trust, significance and attraction towards India from the world in recent years.
The Prime Minister said the recent NITI report has found that 13 crore Indians were brought above the poverty line in the last 5 years. He acknowledged the hard work of government servants in this and mentioned schemes for pucca houses, toilets and electricity connections.
“The entire world is keeping an eye on India’s talent,” the Prime Minister said as he noted the issue of a declining working population due to higher average age in many developed economies in the world. Therefore, this is the time for the youth of India to toil and enhance their skills and capabilities, he said.
