Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Pratima Bhoumik on Tuesday handed out appointment letters to 48 new recruits during the 6th Rozgar Mela held at Dimapur, Nagaland.

Addressing the mela Bhoumik said that in the last 9 years, Northeast has witnessed development at the same pace with the most developed states of India. She emphasised that connectivity was the first prerequisite condition in bringing about any development process. Accordingly, the government is putting special focus on the development of connectivity in Northeast, she said.

Dwelling on the government’s effort in streamlining the recruitment process, the union minister said recruitment process earlier use to take about 18 months, but now it is transparently done in 5-6 months.

The new recruits were from State Bank of India, Central Bank of India, Canara Bank, Indian Railways, Postal department, Nagaland Rural Bank and NABARD.

Earlier in the programme, Thangboi Lunkin, General Manager SBI delivered the welcome address.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi today distributed about 70,000 appointment letters to newly inducted recruits via video conferencing. Rozgar Mela was held at 43 Locations across the country including Dimapur, Nagaland. The recruitments are taking place across Central Government Departments as well as State Governments/UTs supporting this initiative.

Addressing the newly-recruited government employees, Modi had said dynastic parties had betrayed the youth by encouraging corruption and nepotism in the recruitment process.

“We have seen how dynastic political parties promoted nepotism and corruption in all systems. When it came to government jobs, these parties encouraged nepotism and corruption. These dynastic parties have betrayed crores of youth,” he said without naming any party.

In 2014, when our government came, transparency came and nepotism is also ending in the recruitment process, he asserted.

Modi said the ‘Rozgar Mela’ has become the new identity of the BJP and NDA governments.

“This is a very crucial period for those stepping into governmental roles as ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Kaal’ has started, where the new recruits have before them the goal of making India a developed country in the next 25 years,” Modi said.

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