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EMPLOYMENT FAIR CAMPAIGN FOR RECRUITMENT OF

10 LAKH YOUTH STARTED

he government is making every effort
Tto provide maximum self-employment
and employment opportunities to the youth
engaged in accelerating the development
of New India. With this aim, Prime Minister
Narendra Modi inaugurated the employment
fair to hand over appointment letters to 75
thousand of newly recruited personnel on
October 22. This is a big step in the direction
of providing 10 lakh jobs in 12 months. In view
of the ongoing Amrit Mahotsav of 75 years
of independence, the government will give
75 thousand jobs every month for the next
12 months. These recruitments are being projects in a time-bound manner is developed
done in mission mode by the Ministries and in the departments. Prime Minister Modi urged
Departments through different agencies. the newly recruited youth that “Government
Prime Minister Modi says, “We decided service in 21st century India is a commitment
that the practice of giving appointment to provide service to the people within a time
letters at one go should be started so that limit. Always keep your 'Kartavya Path' in mind
the collective nature of completing the whenever you enter the office."

SIKKIM'S TUNNEL RAIL NETWORK WILL BE FULL

OF ADVENTURE, 58% WORK COMPLETED

ight northeastern states remained behind in the tunnels, while 42% of the 13 major bridges have
Erace for development after independence till 2014 been completed. The longest tunnel in this section is
as the development of road, rail, and air connectivity 5.30 km and the shortest tunnel is 538 meters. Five
was neglected. Prime Minister Narendra Modi took stations including Sivok and Rangpo are planned on
over the reins of the country in 2014 and started proposed Railway Line. Four stations are proposed
monitoring himself development and connectivity to be open crossing stations e.g., Sivok, Riyang, Melli
projects of Ashtalakshmi. Seven states in the region & Rangpo and one underground halt station e.g.
have rail connectivity, now the work on the new rail Teesta Bazar. This railway line is going to give new
line project Sivok-Rangpo (45 km) for the eighth state life to connectivity in the area, this journey will be
Sikkim is going on at a brisk pace, which will be full completed in less than two hours. While tourism and
of adventure. The new railway line is being built from socio-economic development of the region will get
Sivok in West Bengal to Rangpo in Sikkim. Under it, a boost, the project will prove to be important from
14 tunnels are being built in about 86% of the route. the strategic point of view as at present NH-10 is the
Excavation work has been completed in 58% of the only road connecting Sikkim with other states.

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