Bhubaneswar:

The participation of women in the country’s workforce increased to 37 per cent in the 2022-23 fiscal, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said.

Speaking at the ‘Rozgar Mela’ here, he said the figure was 23 per cent in 2017-18.

“There has been balanced growth in society, as there has been a rise in women’s participation in the workforce,” he said, noting that women are more hard-working than men.

The Narendra Modi government’s women-focused schemes have helped in raising the participation of women in the workforce, Pradhan said on Saturday.

The Centre has been giving priority to women in policy-making and leadership roles, he said.

The minister also underscored the importance of re-skilling and up-skilling working women to help them adapt to changing technologies.

The rate of unemployment in the country has come down to 3.7 per cent in 2022-23 from 6 per cent in 2017-18, he said.

At the programme, Mr Pradhan distributed appointment letters of different central organisations to 172 people.

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New Delhi:

 Prime Minister Narendra Modi will distribute on Tuesday via video conferencing about 51,000 appointment letters to newly-inducted employees in various government departments.

The ‘Rozgar Mela’ will be held at 46 locations across the country, the PMO said.

The new employees will be joining various ministries and departments, including Department of Posts, Indian Audit & Accounts Department, Department of Atomic Energy, Department of Revenue, Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, among others.

The PMO said that Rozgar Mela is a step towards fulfilment of the prime minister’s commitment to accord highest priority to employment generation.  It is expected to act as a catalyst in further employment generation and provide meaningful opportunities to the youth for their empowerment and participation in national development.

“The newly inducted appointees are also getting an opportunity to train themselves through Karmayogi Prarambh, an online module on iGOT Karmayogi portal, where more than 680 e-learning courses have been made available for ‘anywhere any device’ learning format,” it said.

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