‘National Rozgar Mela’ institutionalised Govt’s recruitment process: Dr Jitendra
STATE TIMES NEWS
NEW DELHI: Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology; MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh, who is also Minister Incharge DoPT, today said, “National Rozgar Mela”, a unique concept visualised by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has institutionalised the government’s recruitment process.
Briefing the media about the 9 years’ achievements of the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Dr Jitendra Singh said, the hallmark of most of the administrative and governance reforms is that these are youth-centric and Rozgar Mela stands apart as a major and bold initiative to provide government jobs to youth in a transparent manner, in addition to creating millions of job opportunities outside the government through various schemes and initiatives like StartUp policy.
The Union Minister informed that through Rozgar Mela, the Central Government and cooperating State Governments to distribute 10 Lakh appointment letters in mission mode.
Dr Jitendra Singh quoted Prime Minister Modi in the last Rozgar Mela in May, 2023 as saying, “In the last 9 years the government has prioritised the recruitment process by making it faster, transparent and unbiased”. He also recalled the difficulties faced in the recruitment process, the Prime Minister pointed out that the Staff Selection Board took roughly 15-18 months to onboard the new recruits whereas today it takes only 6-8 months.
Referring to other youth-centric recruitment reforms, Dr Jitendra Singh said, interviews abolished for Group B Non Gazetted and lower posts, leading to more transparency, Computer based examinations introduced in place of paper-based exams, Regional languages introduced in SSC exams for various Posts leading to increased participation of youth for govt jobs. Dwelling on the Administrative Reforms of 9 Years, Dr Jitendra Singh said, “Mission Karmayogi” will prove to be a Game -Changing reform visualised and launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for capacity building with a paradigm shift – “rule-based” approach to “role-based” learning. He also informed that Mission Karmayogi Prarambh, an online module of courses launched to impart initial training to new recruits, apart from iGOT Karmayogi APP launched to provide any-where, any-time learning.
The Minister informed that Capacity Building Commission (CBC) was established for building a credible and uniform approach to capacity building. National standards for Civil Service Training Institutions have been launched by CBC. He said, Centers of Excellence are being set up in every Central Training Institutions. CBC is helping all Ministries/ Departments/Organisations(MDOs) in developing an annual capacity building Plan. A National Training Conclave is being inaugurated on 11th June 2023.
