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Prime Minister Narendra Modi distributed more than 51,000 appointment letters at the 20th Rozgar Mela on 19 September 2026 through video conferencing.
The event was held simultaneously at 45 locations across India.
The recruits join departments including Revenue, Railways, Home Affairs, Health and Family Welfare, Financial Services and Defence.
With this edition, cumulative appointment letters issued under the Rozgar Mela reach about 12.75 lakh.
The government linked the drive to the Pradhan Mantri Viksit Bharat Rozgar Yojana, its employment-linked incentive scheme for private sector jobs.
Speed up recruitment into Union government ministries, departments and organisations by handing selected candidates their appointment letters in a single nationwide event
Key: Launched in October 2022 with 75,000 letters against a target of 10 lakh recruitments; about 12.75 lakh letters issued over 20 editions
Incentivise employers to create new jobs and help first-time workers enter formal employment, with a special focus on manufacturing
Key: Approved 1 July 2025 with an outlay of Rs 99,446 crore; up to Rs 15,000 in two instalments for a newly employed worker and up to Rs 3,000 a month per new employee for the employer, for jobs created between 1 August 2025 and 31 July 2027
Implements the Pradhan Mantri Viksit Bharat Rozgar Yojana, the employment-linked incentive scheme the government invokes alongside the Rozgar Mela
Delivery agency for PM-VBRY incentives, since eligibility and payouts are tracked through EPF enrolment of new employees
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GS Paper 2 > Governance > Welfare and employment initiatives of the Union government
Consider the following in respect of 'National Career Service': 1. National Career Service is an initiative of the Department of Personnel and Training, Government of India. 2. National Career Service has been launched in a Mission Mode to improve the employment opportunities to uneducated youth of the country. Which of the above statements is/are correct?
Answer: Neither 1 nor 2
The Union government's recruitment drive under which appointment letters for central government posts are distributed in nationwide events.
A payment to employers or workers tied to verified creation of new formal jobs, as under PM-VBRY through EPFO enrolment.
An employee entering formal, EPF-covered employment for the first time - a category PM-VBRY specifically targets.