PM Modi Distributes About 71,000 Appointment Letters To Newly Inducted Recruits Under Rozgar Mela
Prime Minister Narendra Modi distributed about 71,000 appointment letters to newly inducted recruits under Rozgar Mela via video conferencing today. The Rozgar Mela is expected to act as a catalyst in furthering employment generation and providing meaningful opportunities to the youth for their empowerment as well as direct participation in national development. Earlier in October, 75,000 appointment letters were handed over to newly inducted appointees under Rozgar Mela.
Addressing the gathering, the Prime Minister said that more than 71,000 youth are being given appointment letters in more than 45 cities in India which will result in a new era of happiness for so many families. He recalled that on the day of Dhanteras, the central government had distributed 75,000 appointment letters to the youth. “The Rozgar Mela of today is proof that the central government is working in mission mode to provide employment opportunities to the youth of the country”, the Prime Minister said.
Recalling the initiation of the Rozgar Mela a month ago, the Prime Minister remarked that several Union Territories and states will keep on organising such Rozgar Melas from time to time. He expressed delight that thousands of youth were provided appointment letters in Maharashtra, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Andaman and Nicobar, Lakshadweep, Daman and Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Chandigarh by the respective governments. He further added that Goa and Tripura are also organising similar Rozgar Melas in a few days’ time. The Prime Minister credited the double-engine government for this tremendous feat and assured that such employment fairs will be organised from time to time to empower the youth of India.
The Prime Minister said that the youth is the biggest strength of the nation. The central government is according the highest priority to utilise their talent and energy for nation-building. He welcomed and complimented the new public servants. He reminded them that they are assuming this important responsibility in a very special time period, i.e. Amrit Kaal. He highlighted their role in the country’s resolve to be a developed nation in the Amrit Kaal. He asked them, as representatives of the central government, that they should understand their role and duties comprehensively and should constantly focus on capacity-building to perform their duties.
Throwing light on the Karmayogi Bharat technology platform that is launched today, the Prime Minister informed the availability of many online courses for government officials. He emphasised a special course designed for government employees called Karamyogi Prarambh and urged the new appointees to make the most out of it. Citing its benefits, the Prime Minister said that it will be a great source for their skill development as well as benefit them in the days to come.
The Prime Minister touched upon the crisis created for the youth at the global level due to the pandemic and the war. He said in this difficult time also experts around the world are optimistic about India’s growth trajectory The Prime Minister said, as per the experts, India has become a major force in the service sector and soon it will be the manufacturing hub of the world too. While initiatives like PLI, the Prime Minister said, will play a huge role in this, the main foundation will be the youth and the skilled manpower of the country. The PLI scheme is likely to create 60 lakh jobs, the Prime Minister informed. Campaigns, like Make in India, Vocal for local, and taking local, global, are creating new opportunities for employment and self-employment, he added. “Possibility of new jobs in both the government and private sector is continuously increasing. More, importantly, these opportunities are emerging for the youth in their own cities and villages. This has reduced the compulsion of migration for the youth and they are able to play their role in the development of their area”, he said.
The Prime Minister highlighted the new opportunities created by measures in sectors ranging from startup to self-employment and space to drone. 80,000 startups are providing the youth opportunity to showcase their talent. Drones are being increasingly used in medicine, pesticide, and mapping in the Svamitva scheme and in the defence sector. This is creating new jobs for the youth, he said. Remembering the launch of India’s first space rocket by the private sector in India a few days ago, the Prime Minister lauded the decision to open up the space sector thereby creating employment opportunities for India’s youth. He also gave the example of 35 crores plus Mudra loans that have been sanctioned. The Prime Minister credited the forward push towards research and innovation and pointed out that it resulted in increased employment opportunities in the country.
The Prime Minister urged the appointees to make the most of the new opportunities that are presented to them. He highlighted that these appointment letters are only the entry point that opens up a world of growth for them and urged them to become deserving candidates by learning from experience and from their seniors. The Prime Minister concluded by sharing his experience of learning and said that one should never let the student within the soul perish. PM Modi remarked that he never lets go of a chance to learn something new. The Prime Minister asked the appointees to share their experience of online training and provide constructive feedback to improve the Karmayogi Bharat platform. “We are already on our way to turning India into a developed country. Let’s take the resolve to move forward with this vision”, the Prime Minister concluded.
Background
The Rozgar Mela is a step towards the fulfilment of the Prime Minister’s commitment to accord the highest priority to employment generation. The Rozgar Mela is expected to act as a catalyst in furthering employment generation and providing meaningful opportunities to the youth for their empowerment as well as direct participation in national development. Earlier in October, 75,000 appointment letters were handed over to newly inducted appointees under Rozgar Mela.
The physical copies of the appointment letters to the new appointees will be handed over at 45 locations across the country (except Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh). In addition to the categories of posts filled earlier, posts of teachers, lecturers, nurses, nursing officers, doctors, pharmacists, radiographers and other technical and paramedical posts are also being filled. A significant number of posts are being filled by the Ministry of Home Affairs in various Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF).
The Prime Minister also launched the Karmayogi Prarambh module. The module is an online orientation course for all new appointees in various Government departments. It will include a code of conduct for Government servants, workplace ethics & integrity, human resource policies and other benefits and allowances that will help them to get acclimatized to the policies and transition smoothly into the new roles. They will also get an opportunity to explore other courses on igotkarmayogi.gov.in platform to enhance their knowledge, skills and competencies.
(Published from PIB)
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The Four Way Cross-Roads Of Andhra Politics: Which Way Will It Go?
The bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh in 2014 has led to economic and political turbulence for the residual state. As Andhra’s Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu grappled with building a new state infrastructure, he lost the 2019 election to Jagan Mohan Reddy’s YSR Congress. Andhra politics is now a four-way battle, including Pawan Kalyan’s Jana Sena Party.
Bifurcation in 2014
The controversial bifurcation of the erstwhile Andhra Pradesh to create Telangana in 2014, initiated by the Congress-led UPA II government at the Centre, has had mixed results for both states. Telangana had its own set of challenges. However, the newly residual state of Andhra faced the brunt of economic and financial uncertainty, as the unified state’s largest city of Hyderabad, its largest revenue generator, went to Telangana. Andhra retained the second and third-largest cities of Vishakapatnam and Vijayawada.
While Telangana’s politics centred mainly around the newly victorious Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) party, claiming success in the fight for bifurcation and the creation of Telangana, Andhra’s politics have played out on the shaky grounds of loss and uncertainty. The party that won the first election of the new state of Andhra, Chandrababu Naidu‘s Telugu Desam Party (TDP), had its work cut out for the first term. It had to draw up a new charter for the new residual state from the ground up, as it did not have a capital city yet. The state’s people pinned their hopes on Naidu, given his track record as the man behind Hyderabad’s meteoric progress, development and expansion and his reputation for digitization and governance.
Chandrababu Naidu’s TDP
Naidu’s job wasn’t an easy one. With no administrative infrastructure in place – everything from a legislature building to a capital city, high court, administrative offices, police quarters and a long list of other requirements for the functioning of a state had to be ideated, planned and implemented. Known as a man with a vision and a progressive mindset, Naidu’s ambitious plans for the new state of Andhra Pradesh needed time, effort and patience. While the educated sections of society understood this, most from the lower classes did not. The second election in the new state in 2019 turned his fortunes around.
Naidu lost his previous 2014 victory to Jagan Mohan Reddy’s Yuvajana Shramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP), a spin off from the Congress party (INC). Reddy rode to power on a wave of welfare schemes, sops for the lower classes, significant minority appeasement promises and caste-based politics that resulted in a divided Hindu vote. In contrast, a majority of Muslims and almost a hundred per cent of Christians voted for Reddy, whose family is of converted Christian stock.
BJP
Unlike Telangana, which now has a note-worthy BJP presence in its own right, Andhra does not have a stand-alone BJP presence. It hopes to improve its tally in the state, in which its presence and influence is still small despite strategic alliances. Interestingly, the state’s BJP was in partnership with the previous TDP party in power, with blessings from the BJP top brass, but made its displeasure clear when TDP leader and previous Andhra Chief Minister, Chandrababu Naidu campaigned against it in neighbouring South Indian states, after his frustrated attempts at requesting the BJP Central government to grant Special Status to the newly created state of Andhra.
With relations going sour between the TDP and the BJP over the request of Special Status for the state and Naidu’s attempt at bringing a “third front” together, Jagan Reddy’s YSRCP was able to cash in and accomplish electoral gains in the 2019 Andhra state elections. Jagan Reddy’s criminal record and imprisonment did not deter him from ambitions of electoral victory. Reddy has a whopping 31 cases against him that he continues to seek legal council for. He has spent 16 months in jail, after the CBI arrested him on embezzlement charges and the Supreme Court refused his plea for bail.
Pawan Kalyan
Aside from the political outfits of the TDP, BJP, and YSRCP, Telugu actor Pawan Kalyan‘s entry into Andhra politics makes it a four-way content for electoral victory in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
Pawan Kalyan is a famous Telugu actor and the brother of yesteryear Tollywood hero, “megastar” Chiranjeevi. Pawan Kalyan’s political party, the JSP (Jana Sena Party) was launched in 2014 and hopes to reap rewards in 2024 after ten years on the sidelines.
The JSP has been gaining momentum in the state and has been in the news lately for Pawan Kalyan’s vocal criticism of Jagan Reddy’s policies and the BJP leadership’s interest in a possible tie-up with his party. In this context, the recent meeting between PM Modi and Pawan Kalyan in Vishakapatnam assumes some significance.
Alliance Possibilities
The BJP and the Jana Sena party (JSP) have been in touch for a while now. Still, the intent of a formal political relationship between the two parties hasn’t always been clear, as the BJP exercises restraint in its comments and reactions to events unfolding in the state. The BJP appears to be on agreeable terms with the current YSRCP dispensation in Andhra and may not be inclined to overtly support the Jana Sena Party on the one hand and the YSRCP on the other. Naidu’s TDP and Pawan Kalyan’s JSP are strong critics of what many in Andhra see as an authoritarian, fiscally irresponsible rule of Reddy’s YSRCP government. In recent times, Naidu and Pawan Kalyan have come together and stood united for what they claim to be the State’s interests against Reddy’s misule, corruption and financial irregularities.
The BJP’s stance on current events in Andhra politics and its possible alliance with the JSP or any others is yet unclear as it chooses to play it safe by refusing to endorse a formal allegiance with any of the Andhra parties. At a time when the BJP-Jana Sena Party alliance in Andhra Pradesh seems cloudy and lacks the transparency that the JSP’s supporters are seeking, Prime Minister Narendra Modi appears to have met with and talked to the actor and JSP president, Pawan Kalyan into keeping their ambiguous relationship intact, at least for the time being. On a recent two-day visit to the Andhra coastal city of Vishakapatnam, P.M Modi invited Pawan Kalyan for a meeting, and the duo reportedly spent over half an hour together. What transpired between them remains a mystery, but Andhra’s political observers have speculated.
Chiranjeevi
Incidentally, at the opening ceremony of the 53rd International Film Festival of India (IFFI) on Sunday, Pawan Kalyan’s elder brother, film star Chiranjeevi, was selected for the “Indian Film Personality of the Year 2022” award, announced by Union Minister, Anurag Thakur. Chiranjeevi as well as his fans were overwhelmed after the announcement which was followed by Modi’s congratulatory message. While interacting with the media on the occasion, Chiranjeevi alluded to his stint in Andhra politics and stated that unlike him, his brother Pawan Kalyan would succeed in politics and “could reach great heights with the people’s blessings”.
Conclusion
The BJP and the Jana Sena’s informal partnership appears to be back on track for now, even after the latest BJP move. Alliances are still up for grabs as Andhra inches towards the next state elections scheduled to be held in or before June 2024.
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