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The 20th National Rozgar Mela was held on 19 September 2026 at 45 locations, with the Prime Minister distributing over 51,000 appointment letters by video conferencing.
The cumulative tally across 20 editions reached about 12.75 lakh appointment letters, against the original target of 10 lakh central government recruitments announced at launch.
A PIB Backgrounder issued the same day set out the edition-wise record since the launch on 22 October 2022.
New recruits are enrolled on Karmayogi Prarambh, the orientation module on the iGOT Karmayogi platform under Mission Karmayogi.
Fill sanctioned vacancies across ministries, departments and government organisations in mission mode, and expand employment opportunities for youth.
Key: Launched 22 October 2022; recruits have joined the Ministry of Railways, Ministry of Home Affairs, Department of Posts, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Department of Financial Services and the Ministry of Labour and Employment, among others. The National Skill Development Corporation separately organises Rozgar Melas with Sector Skill Councils and Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendras to link youth with private employers.
Move civil services training from rule-based to competency-based capacity building.
Key: Approved by the Union Cabinet on 2 September 2020 for about 46 lakh central employees, with an outlay of Rs 510.86 crore for 2020-21 to 2024-25. It is delivered through the iGOT Karmayogi digital platform, owned and managed by a not-for-profit Special Purpose Vehicle set up under Section 8 of the Companies Act, 2013.
Incentivise the creation of formal jobs and bring first-time workers into the organised workforce.
Key: Effective from 1 August 2025 under the Ministry of Labour and Employment, implemented through the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation. Outlay Rs 99,446 crore. Part A gives first-time EPFO-registered employees an incentive of up to Rs 15,000 in two instalments; Part B gives employers up to Rs 3,000 per month per additional employee, with a longer window for manufacturing.
Modernise government Industrial Training Institutes with direct industry participation.
Key: Approved by the Union Cabinet on 7 May 2025 and launched on 4 October 2025, with an outlay of Rs 60,000 crore to upgrade 1,000 government ITIs as 200 hub and 800 spoke institutes.
Constitutional recruiting body for the All India Services and Central Services, established under Article 315 of the Constitution.
Recruits for Group C and Group B (non-gazetted) posts in central ministries and departments; an attached office of the Department of Personnel and Training.
Nodal department for civil services recruitment, training and Mission Karmayogi; part of the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions.
Conducts the Periodic Labour Force Survey, launched in April 2017, which supplies India's official unemployment and labour force participation estimates.
First Rozgar Mela: 75,000+ letters at 50 centres; a drive for 10 lakh central government posts is announced.
8th edition focuses on the Central Armed Police Forces and Delhi Police; recruits are called 'Amrit Rakshak'.
10th edition introduces Karmayogi Prarambh on the iGOT Karmayogi portal.
12th edition issues over 1 lakh letters, the largest single edition; the foundation stone of Karmayogi Bhavan, New Delhi, is laid.
16th edition takes the cumulative tally past 10 lakh.
17th edition announces the Pratibha Setu Portal.
20th edition: 51,000+ letters at 45 locations; cumulative tally about 12.75 lakh.
GS Paper 2 > Governance > Government Policies and Interventions
General Awareness > Government Schemes and Current Affairs
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
Online orientation module on the iGOT Karmayogi portal for newly appointed government employees, offering over 400 e-learning courses.
A subsidy paid on the creation of a formal job rather than on output or investment; the design used by PM Viksit Bharat Rozgar Yojana.
Portal linking candidates who reached the UPSC final list but were not recommended with other public and private employers.