PM Narendra Modi.
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New Delhi: Insisting that the government is committed to provide employment to a maximum number of youngsters, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday that a system is being created that gives opportunity to every youth and allows them to fulfil their aspirations.
He was addressing a 'Rozgar Mela' after distributing appointment letters for government jobs to over 51,000 people.
In his video address, Modi said it is his government's commitment to give jobs to the maximum number of people and cited the all-around infrastructure works such as the construction of expressways, highways, ports, rail networks and airports underway in the country.
To create more employment opportunities, the government is focusing on encouraging investment in new technologies and modern sectors such as space and semiconductors.
Highlighting his government's efforts to create more employment opportunities, he referred to the Production-linked Incentives (PLI) scheme to encourage domestic manufacturing. A massive investment is taking place, leading to the creation of record opportunities, Modi said.
Over 1.5 lakh startups have been launched on this government's watch, he said, while also pointing to the paid internship programme for youngsters which seeks to induct over one crore youth over the next five years.
Earlier governments lacked in policy and intent, leading to India falling behind the world in rising sectors, including in modern technologies. Old and outdated technologies used to be brought to the country, he added.
"A mindset existed that believed modern technologies cannot develop in our country. This mindset did us a lot of harm," he said, stressing that if industries which generated employment in the modern world did not exist in the country, then creating new employment opportunities would be difficult.
"We began work to rid the country of this old mindset of earlier governments," Modi said, adding that policies and decisions of the government have a direct bearing on employment.
So far, over 7.5 lakh people have been given appointment letters for government jobs since the launch of the Rozgar Mela scheme by the prime minister in 2022.