Under the flagship ‘Ghar-Ghar Rozgar’ scheme, the Punjab government has been successful in providing jobs to more than 30,000 unemployed youth of the state in the first phase of the 5th Mega Job Fair that began on September 9.

In total, 2.10 lakh jobs are to be provided in the 5th Mega Job Fair itself. It was disclosed by Balbir Singh Sidhu, Health and Family Welfare Minister, while inaugurating the Mega Job and Self Employment Fair at Chandigarh Group of Colleges, Landran.

After the inaugural session, Sidhu handed over job letters to 500 students. The packages offered to the students were ranging from Rs 10 lakh to 30 lakh per annum.

Sidhu added that in the first phase of the 5th Job Fair, 10,000 students had also registered themselves under self-employment scheme and the Punjab government would facilitate them for getting loans to take up entrepreneurship.