The best way to make this happen is to make sure that job creation keeps up with economic growth. The failure to generate enough jobs, despite high growth, has been the hardest economic challenge in post-reform India. Key figures, including the Prime Minister, chose to do the latter on the jobs question. This statement came under scrutiny when the only two non-government members of the National Statistical Commission resigned against the government sitting on the NSSO’s employment report for 2017-18. A hurriedly called press conference by the NITI Aayog , which should ideally have nothing to do with employment statistics has only muddied waters even more.

Source: Hindustan Times January 31, 2019 12:22 UTC