Rozgar Mela: 300 in Bihar receive govt job letters

Patna: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday distributed appointment letters to newly recruited candidates in various govt departments through videoconferencing from Delhi under the 19th Rozgar Mela programme.The programme was organised simultaneously at 47 locations across the country, including four centres in Bihar — Patna, Hajipur, Samastipur and Gaya.According to East Central Railway (ECR) CPRO Saraswati Chandra, out of 51,000 appointment letters distributed across the country, 300 were handed over to candidates in Bihar during the event.Of the total appointments in the state, 114 letters were distributed at Khagaul in Patna, 64 at Samastipur, 62 at Gaya and 60 at Hajipur. At Samastipur, 46 male and 18 female candidates received appointment letters, the CPRO said.Union minister for textiles Giriraj Singh attended the programme at the senior secondary school campus in Khagaul while Union minister for food processing industries Chirag Paswan participated in the Hajipur event. Minister of state for home affairs Nityanand Rai attended the programme in Samastipur and Union minister for micro, small and medium enterprises Jitan Ram Manjhi was present at the Gaya event.Addressing the gathering virtually, Modi said the Rozgar Mela initiative reflected the Centre’s commitment to generating employment opportunities for the youth and strengthening the country’s workforce through transparent recruitment.Among various departments, the railways recorded the highest number of appointments with 4,034 recruitments at the national level. Besides the railways, appointment letters were also distributed to candidates selected in the home affairs, postal, airport authority, finance and higher education departments.Sources said nearly 12 lakh candidates across the country have so far received employment through the Rozgar Mela initiative.