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Mumbai. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will give jobs to 10 lakh youth in the next one and a half year i.e. by December 2023. He will launch this mega recruitment drive from the day of Dhanteras i.e. 22nd October before Diwali. On this day 75000 people will be given appointment letters. During this, the Prime Minister will also interact virtually with these youth. This information has been given by the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) itself. According to the Prime Minister's Office, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had reviewed manpower in 38 ministries/departments in June this year. After which he had announced that his government would provide 10 lakh jobs in the next one and a half year i.e. by 2023 December. All these recruitments are being done through UPSC, SSC, Railway Recruitment Board and other central agencies.

Jobs will be filled through 38 ministries

The Prime Minister's Office said that 10 lakh jobs will be filled through 38 ministries and departments of the central government. At present, 23584 posts are vacant in Group A (Gazetted) category, 26282 in Group B (Gazetted) category, while 8.36 lakh posts are vacant in Group C non-gazetted category. In the Ministry of Defense alone, 39366 Group B (Non-Gazetted) posts and 2.14 lakh Group C posts are vacant. 2.91 lakh Group C posts are vacant in Railways and 1.21 lakh posts are vacant under Group C non-gazetted category in the Ministry of Home Affairs. Under this mega job campaign of PM, Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Railways, Department of Posts, Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Labor and Employment, Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Customs and Banking, Armed Forces personnel, all Jobs will be given to the selected youth from across the country in 38 departments including Inspector, Constable, LDC, Steno, PA and Income Tax Inspector.

40 lakh 4 thousand posts in the central government departments

Last year, Union Minister Jitendra Singh had told the Parliament that 8.72 lakh posts were lying vacant in the central government departments till March 1, 2020. There are a total of 40 lakh 4 thousand posts in the central government departments, out of which 31 lakh 32 thousand were filled. A total of 2 lakh 14 thousand 601 employees were recruited in SSC during 2016-17 to 2020-21. Also, RRB has appointed 2 lakh 4 thousand 945 people. At the same time, UPSC also selected 25 thousand 267 candidates.