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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Rahul 'jobless' jab at Modi -Sanjay K Jha

Rahul 'jobless' jab at Modi -Sanjay K Jha

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published Published on May 14, 2017   modified Modified on May 14, 2017
-The Telegraph

New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi today accused the government of creating a grim employment situation through its lack of vision and commitment, reaffirming the Congress's persistent charge of jobless growth in the country over the past few years.

"Sad to see our youth let down by this government's lack of vision. Between promises and performance lies capability and commitment," Rahul tweeted, referring to recent news reports about an employment crisis and retrenchments.

He posted reports about the top seven information technology firms planning to lay off at least 56,000 employees this year.

The reports, dwelling on the "impending carnage" in the IT industry, which includes companies such as Infosys, Wipro, Tech Mahindra and Cognizant, paint a bleak picture of the job scene in India.

Rahul's posts spurred an avalanche of messages from others in the Congress about job losses, and #unemploymentcrisis began trending on the social media.

"Single biggest worry today ought to be layoffs and jobless growth. Future of millions at stake unless the government wakes up and makes this its priority," Sachin Pilot tweeted.

Shashi Tharoor posted: "Techies I speak to are extremely concerned about current and impending layoffs, no safety nets and the government's lack of response or ideas to deal with it."

A Congress post said: "While 21 lakh jobs were created between the first two years of UPA-II, merely 4.4 lakh jobs have come in the first two years of (the) Modi government."

The Congress has for the past two years been alleging that the country was witnessing jobless growth, and pointing to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's election promise of creating two crore jobs every year.

In a recent article, former finance minister P. Chidambaram had painted a dismal picture of the job situation in the country. "Three reports have been released so far by the Labour Bureau. The reports use the data gathered from eight non-farm sectors: manufacturing, construction, trade, transport, accommodation, IT/BPO, education and health," Chidambaram wrote.

"The first report was a baseline survey as on April 1, 2016. The eight sectors employed about two crore workers. The second and third reports covered the first two quarters of 2016-17 (April to September, 2016). During Q1, the eight sectors added 77,000 jobs and in Q2, they added 32,000 jobs, making a total of only 109,000 jobs, notwithstanding Make in India and Skill India."

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The Telegraph, 13 May, 2017, https://www.telegraphindia.com/1170514/jsp/nation/story_151535.jsp


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