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Young India

9 lakh government jobs in 9 years

n The Prime Minister Narendra Modi government has n On June 27, 2017, the Department of
provided 9 lakh government jobs in the nine years of its Personnel and Training (DoPT) Ministry of
rule from 2014 to 2023, as compared to 6 lakh government Personnel approved mass promotion to
jobs in the same period from 2004 to 2013 under the the rank of Section Officer for 1,592 officers
previous government. working in the rank of Assistant Section
n As many as 8,82,191 central government vacancies have Officers (ASOs) on an ad-hoc basis with
been filled in the last nine years, as compared to 6,02,045 immediate effect.
in the nine years of the previous regime from 2004 to 2013. n The central government has made the
n During 2014–23, 50,906 candidates were recruited as recruitment process faster, more transparent,
compared to 45,431 during 2004–13 of the UPSC. and fairer. Earlier, it used to take about 15
n The Staff Selection Commission selected 4, 00,691 to 18 months to complete the recruitment
candidates against 2, 07,563 recruitments made by the process of the Staff Selection Commission,
previous government. SSC recruitment increased by 58% but today this process is completed in six to
in the last nine years, until March 2023. eight months.
n The Regional Recruitment Boards gave government jobs n The Mudra Yojana, which provides assistance
to 4, 30,592 youths during 2014–2023, as compared to 3, from the bank without guarantee, has helped
47,251 recruitments during the period 2004–2013. crores of youth. Campaigns like Start-up
n In addition to large-scale recruitment, 9,000 employees India and Stand-up India have increased
were also given simultaneous promotions last year. Before the potential of the youth. These youths
that, DoPT had given out 4,000 promotions in the last three who got help from the government are now
years. It is planned to make 4,000 promotions this year. themselves giving jobs to many other youths.

Unemployment rate decreasing
Employment: The Government's Commitment
Data on employment and unemployment collected from
n Speed up the recruitment process through the online
the Periodic Labour Force Survey conducted by the Ministry
system.
of Statistics and Programme Implementation since 2017-18
n All job information is available online. show that the unemployment rate of people aged 15 and
n Transparency and timeliness in the recruitment up has decreased in the country and in cities. The period
process through SSC, RRB, and UPSC of the survey is from July to June next year.

More than 4 lakh youth have got jobs so far
Unemployment Unemploy-
rate in the ment rate
JOB FAIR HELD WHEN JOINING LETTERS GIVEN country in urban
areas
First October 22, 2022 More than 75,000
Unemployment rate 5.8% 4.8% Unemployment rate 6.7%
Second November 22, 2022 More than 71,000

Third January 20, 2023 More than 71,000

Fourth April 13, 2023 More than 71000 4.2% 4.1% 7.6% 6.9% 6.3%
Fifth May 16, 2023 More than 70,000

2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22
Sixth June 13, 2023 More than 70,000

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