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PM virtually addresses Rozgar Mela, over 200 get Rly jobs

PM virtually addresses Rozgar Mela, over 200 get Rly jobs

Time of India12-07-2025
Patna:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
on Saturday virtually addressed 'Rozgar Mela' (job fair) organised on railway premises in Patna, Hajipur, Samastipur and Gaya under the jurisdiction of East Central Railway (ECR).
Through video conferencing, he distributed appointment letters to candidates appointed across railways and other central govt departments.
According to ECR's chief public relations officer (CPRO) Saraswati Chandra, altogether 347 appointment letters were distributed among the new recruits, out of which 215 were from railways under group C and D categories. Nationally, this was part of the 15th Rozgar Mela initiative where over51,000 appointment letters were distributed across 47 cities simultaneously via videoconferencing by the PM, he said.
InPatna, the distribution took place at the Mahendru Ghat railway officers' club where Union minister of state for coal and mines Satish Chandra Dubey officiated the ceremony in which 105 job letters were distributed among the candidates, said Danapur divisional railway manager (DRM) Jayant Kumar Choudhary, adding senior officials from various other departments including SSB, CRPF and postal departments also participated.
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nSamastipur, altogether 71 job letters were distributed in presence of Union minister of state for agriculture and farmers' welfare Ram Nath Thakur, out of which 55 of them belonged to the railways. The event aligned with PM Modi's vision under the Rozgar Mela scheme to deliver on the commitment of providing meaningful public-sector employment to youth across the country, said Samastipur DRM Vinay Srivastava.
At Hajipur, 48 job letters were distributed in presence of ECR AGM Amrendra Kumar while Awadesh Singh, MLA Hajipur; Bina Singh, MLA Mahnar and Sanjay Kumar Singh, MLA Lalganj, also attended the function, the CPRO said.
According to senior divisional personnel officer of Deen Dayal Upadhyaya (DDU) Jaish Kumar, 123 job letters were distributed among the candidates in presence of Union minister for micro, small and medium enterprises Jitan Ram Manjhi at a function held at Gaya, out of which 99 of them belonged to the railways group C and D categories.
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