more-inIn January this year, the Prime Minister made this statement: “7 million new jobs created in 2017”. And another: “6.22 million new jobs created in 2017-18,” said the Vice Chair of NITI Aayog, in April. One more statement: “15 million new jobs created in 2017,” said a member of the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council, in April. And according to the current NITI Aayog Vice Chair, precisely 6.22 million jobs have been created. One single data point from the government’s 2018 Economic Survey is proof of how grave India’s jobs problem is.

Source: The Hindu May 07, 2018 18:22 UTC