Bhubaneswar: The 19th Rozgar Mela of the Union Government is set to be organised across 47 locations in the country, including Odisha’s capital Bhubaneswar, at 11 am on Saturday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will distribute more than 51,000 appointment letters to newly-recruited youth through video conferencing. Modi is also slated to address the gathering on this occasion.
As part of this nationwide initiative, the Rozgar Mela in the Odisha capital will be held at the Railway Auditorium under the chairmanship of Union Tribal Affairs Minister Jual Oram. During the programme, altogether 186 candidates from Odisha will receive appointment letters for various government posts, official sources said.
The newly-recruited candidates will join various Ministries and Departments of the Union Government, including the Ministry of Railways, Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Department of Financial Services, Department of Higher Education and others.
The Rozgar Mela is a significant initiative of the Union Government aimed at accelerating employment generation and providing meaningful opportunities to the youth. Since its inception, around 12 lakh appointment letters have been distributed through 18 Rozgar Melas organised across the country.
