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Rozgar Mela — the Centre's Recruitment Drive
Rozgar Mela is the Centre's drive to hand appointment letters to newly selected government staff in large dated batches, running since October 2022. Its 20th round, held on 19 September 2026, pushed the running count of letters to roughly 12.75 lakh.
Last updated 19 September 20264 min read
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Added the 20th Rozgar Mela: over 51,000 appointment letters on 19 September 2026, taking the drive past 12.75 lakh letters in 20 rounds.
- Rozgar Mela
- appointment letters
- government recruitment
- Karmayogi Prarambh
- iGOT Karmayogi
- Pratibha Setu
- NSDC
- youth employment
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