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NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi distributed more than 70,000 appointment letters to new recruits in various government departments and organisations during a Rozgar Mela on July 22.
Addressing the gathering, the Prime Minister said the new recruits, who were selected from across the country, were getting an opportunity to contribute towards the goal of Viksit Bhart at a time when India is celebrating Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav. “A small effort from you can create a huge change in someone’s life”, the Prime Minister said.
He emphasised that the next 25 years were extremely crucial for the nation and highlighted the rise of India as the 5th largest economy of the world. He said that India is going to be one of the top three economies in the world as was stated by most economy experts.
Underlining the role of the banking sector in the expansion of the economy, PM Modi said, “Today, India is among the countries whose banking sector is considered to be the strongest”. He noted that a large number of the recruits had been employed in this sector.
Hitting out at the previous UPA government, he said that ‘phone banking’ scam was one of biggest scams of the previous government when loans were disbursed on the phone calls of the powerful. These loans were never repaid, he said. These scams broke the back of the banking sector.
He listed the several measures taken after 2014 to help the sector like strengthening the management of banks and merger of small banks.
MP Modi also hailed the efforts of the banking sector in making the Jan Dhan Account scheme and Mudra Yojana scheme a huge success. This was a great help in transferring money into the accounts of crores of women during the pandemic.
Acknowledging the hard work of government servants, the Prime Minister said the recent NITI report has stated that 13 crore Indians were brought above the poverty line in the last five years.
