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Modi hands 51,000 appointment letters at Rozgar Mela

By Drooid · Sep 19, 2026, 4:11 PM UTC · How we work

Summary

Story summary

Prime Minister Narendra Modi handed 51,000 appointment letters to youth at the 20th Rozgar Mela.
The initiative has placed 12.75 lakh young people in government ministries.
India signed 40 trade agreements that Modi says create market and career opportunities for youth.
The government allocated Rs 60,000 crore to PM SETU to modernise 1,000 industrial training institutes.
It earmarked Rs 1 lakh crore for Viksit Bharat Rozgar Yojana.

History

Historical Context

Facing a balance-of-payments crisis, Prime Minister P.V. Rao and Finance Minister Manmohan Singh launched the 1991 liberalisation that ended the Licence Raj and opened India to foreign capital, driving foreign investment up 316.9 % between 1992 and 2005. Building on that market-oriented shift, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 2024 Rozgar Mela seeks to channel youth into jobs as part of the ongoing push for a modernised economy.

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Story summary

Prime Minister Narendra Modi handed 51,000 appointment letters to youth at the 20th Rozgar Mela.
The initiative has placed 12.75 lakh young people in government ministries.
India signed 40 trade agreements that Modi says create market and career opportunities for youth.
The government allocated Rs 60,000 crore to PM SETU to modernise 1,000 industrial training institutes.
It earmarked Rs 1 lakh crore for Viksit Bharat Rozgar Yojana.

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