The Delhi Government on Sunday claimed that their Government’s job portal ‘Rozgaar Bazaar’ launched by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has helped 10.21 lakh jobseekers get employed so far in the national Capital. The Rozgaar Bazaar portal was launched by the Delhi Government on July 27, 2020 to help entry-level and blue-collar job seekers connect with employers.
This comes after media report that only 12588 people had actually secured jobs through the portal till May 1. This figure of 12588 is also an estimate of the government’s as it’s based solely on phone calls with people who posted the job openings without cross checking with people who actually got the jobs.
According to report, the Delhi Government does not have names or nay other details of people who actually got jobs. The Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Sunday shared data and said until June 30, 2022, a total of 10,21,303 verified jobs across 32 job categories have been generated in Delhi. “These jobs have been generated by a total of 19,402 unique employers. Rozgaar Bazaar portal deploys a stringent verification process to ensure no fake jobs are posted. Each new job posted is individually verified and only after this process are the jobs posted on the portal,” said an official. “The official figures from Rozgaar Bazaar show that over 10 lakhs jobs has been generated in Delhi in the past two years.
Everyone will see very soon how CM Arvind Kejriwal lives up to his promise of providing another 20 lakhs jobs in Delhi as announced in our Rozgaar Budget this year,” claimed Sisodia.
As per official data, a total of 15,23,536 unique job seekers are registered on Rozgar Bazaar portal as on June 30, 2022. “The portal tracks active connections initiated through phone calls, whatsapp etc. between job-seekers and job providers. Over 53 lakh such connections have been made until June 30, 2022 showing the extent to which the portal has become a lifeline for job-seekers and job-providers in the entry level and blue collar job sectors in Delhi,” said an official. Priyanshi runs IZS Technocrats, an internet & technology solutions company based in Delhi. While talking about her experience of using the portal, she enlisted a variety of merits she discovered while searching for employees.
“As an employer we, like most other companies, saw many employees leave and head for their hometowns. This brought us into a fix about our day to day functioning. I approached several private companies and their portals seeking their aid in hiring employees but to no avail,” Priyanshi said.
She then learnt about Delhi Government’s Rozgaar Bazaar portal from news channels and immediately registered for the same. “Within 24 hours I had applicants reaching out to me to work for our company. Because of the large pool of candidates my vacancies were fulfilled in no time. The best part of the portal is that it is completely free and I did not have to pay a penny for its services,” she added.