Consider government service as platform to serve the underprivileged: V. Somanna

Union Minister of State for Jal Shakti and Railways V. Somanna connected Friday (October 24, 2025) said the Rozgar melas demonstrated Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s committedness to expanding employment opportunities crossed the country. He was addressing a Rozgar mela organised by the Postal section astatine the Centre for Water Resources Development and Management, Kunnamangalam successful Kozhikode district.

The Minister noted that recruitment processes successful assorted Central ministries and departments were expedited done focussed interventions. He stated that the Railways created 5 lakh jobs implicit the past 11 years done computer-based examinations conducted without immoderate complaints.

While urging the recently appointed candidates to presumption authorities work arsenic a level to service the underprivileged and to enactment with sincerity, helium said the Central government’s extremity was to physique a strategy that could facilitate occupation instauration and concern maturation to fortify the economy. Highlighting that 60% of India’s colonisation is betwixt 18 and 35 years of age, the Minister expressed assurance that India would go the world’s third-largest system by 2028.

Mr. Somanna besides outlined assorted measures taken by the Union authorities implicit the past 11 years for the improvement of antithetic sectors and initiatives introduced to amended the easiness of doing concern successful the country.

As portion of the nationalist Rozgar mela initiative, Mr. Modi released implicit 51,000 assignment letters to recruits done video conferencing and addressed the participants. The Kozhikode lawsuit streamed the Prime Minister’s code live. There were 47 candidates who received the assignment orders for assorted positions successful the Department of Posts, Railways, Airport Authority of India, and Union Home Ministry.

Director of Postal Services (North Division) V. D. Ganesh Kumar and Southern Railways’ Palakkad Divisional Manager Madhukar Rout were besides contiguous astatine the event.