Rajan raises doubts over govt’s claim of 7% growth sans jobs

Raghuram Rajan, former Reserve Bank of India governor, raised doubts about the country’s economy clocking 7% growth at a time when there are not enough jobs created and called for an impartial body to look into the numbers to restore confidence. Read More
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Rahul says ‘Modi doesn’t seem to think a job crisis exists’

Congress president Rahul Gandhi, on Saturday, accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of being unwilling to recognize that there is an unemployment problem in the country. Gandhi said Modi “talks to youths but does not listen to them”. Read More
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Narendra Modi cites PF data, says ‘crores of jobs created’

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Thursday, during his reply to the motion of thanks on the president’s address in the Lok Sabha, has claimed that crores of new jobs have been created in both unorganized and formal sectors. Read More
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Jaitley on NSSO data: ‘Absurd to say GDP growing without jobs’

Finance minister Arun Jaitley, on Friday, reacted to the National Sample Survey Organization job survey of 2017-18 Read More
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