‘Dynastic parties had ‘rate cards’ for jobs’
*Lakhs of new Govt jobs generated: Dr Jitendra
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, June 13: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today drew the battle lines between the ruling BJP and the Opposition, asserting that the country will now decide whether the future of youth will depend on dynastic parties which looted them with “rate cards” for jobs or his Government which is working to “safeguard” their prospects.
Modi used a “Rozgar Mela” (employment fair) to launch a blistering attack on the Congress and other opposition parties, linking their stint in power with political corruption, nepotism and malpractice in different schemes, including in recruitment process, while crediting his Government for ushering in an era of transparent and quicker employment exercise.
He also accused some parties of using language as a weapon to spread conflict and division in the country while his Government has used it to create employment and empower people.
The Prime Minister took no names but made an apparent reference to reports about “rate card” for different Government jobs in the Trinamool Congress-ruled West Bengal and prevalence of “cut money” in the State. He also took a swipe at Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Lalu Prasad Yadav, noting that a former Railway Minister is facing a criminal case for getting poor farmers’ land in lieu of jobs.
Addressing the newly-recruited Government employees after distributing appointment letters to over 70,000 people, he said dynastic parties had betrayed the youth by encouraging corruption and nepotism in the recruitment process.
Recruitment process earlier used to take one to one-and-a-half years, but now it gets over in a few months transparently, he said.
“We have seen how dynastic political parties promoted nepotism and corruption in all systems. When it came to Government jobs, these parties encouraged nepotism and corruption. These dynastic parties have betrayed crores of youth,” he said without naming any party.
In 2014, when our Government came, transparency came and nepotism is also ending in the recruitment process, he asserted.
The decisions of our Government has made lakhs of opportunities available in the private sector, he said.
Modi said the ‘Rozgar Mela’ has become the new identity of the BJP and NDA Governments.
With the ‘Rozgar Mela’ on Tuesday, Modi has distributed appointment letters to over 4.3 lakh people. He had launched the exercise last year to recruit 10 lakh persons and asked Ministries and departments to identify and fill up vacancies in a mission mode.
Earlier, Dr Jitendra Singh, Minister Incharge DoPT, in his introductory remarks ,said, in the last 9 years, the Modi Government has made concerted efforts to create employment opportunities for the youth at two levels.
He said, on the one hand, lakhs of new Government jobs were generated, apart from filling up the existing vacancies, on the other hand, in the informal sector gainful opportunities were created for different sections of society.
Dr Jitendra Singh said, Start-ups in India grew 300 times in the last 9 years as from just around 350 Start-ups before 2014, there has been a quantum jump in Start-ups to more than 90,000 with more than 100 Unicorns.
Similarly, he said, after the opening up of the Space Sector for private participation, more than 200 Startups are working in cutting-edge technological areas.
The Minister also informed that it was under the inspiration of Prime Minister Modi that Aroma Mission has triggered a new wave of Agri Startups.
Dr Jitendra Singh said, 25 lakh crore of Mudra loan was distributed for starting the business ventures by small and medium entrepreneurs and 60 percent of the beneficiaries were women. He said, through PM SVANidhi, more than 40 lakh vendor groups got benefit. Similarly, one lakh crore of turnover in Khadi and Village Industries created lakhs of informal job opportunities.
The Minister also added that India a net importer of toys, is fast emerging as a toy making hub and even began exporting to other countries.
He said, the newly inducted appointees are also getting an opportunity to train themselves through Karmayogi Prarambh, an online module on iGOT Karmayogi portal, where more than 400 e-learning courses have been made available for ‘anywhere any device’ learning format.
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