Narendra Modi: Jobs not lacking, data on jobs lacking

The opposition has been painting a picture of their choice on the job front because there is not sufficient data available on employment says Prime Minister Narendra ModiMore than a lack of jobs the issue is a lack of data on jobs Our opponents will naturally exploit this opportunity to paint a picture of their choice and blame us I dont blame our opponents for blaming us on the issue of jobs after all no one has an accurate data on jobs Modi said in an interview with Swarajya magazineHe said that the traditional matrix of measuring jobs is simply not good enough to measure new jobs in the new economy of New India and underlined that this does not take into account the interests and aspirations of our youth For example there are close to three lakh villagelevel entrepreneurs who are running Common Service Centres across the country and also creating more employment Startups are working as job multipliers and there are around 15000 startups which the government has helped in some way and there will be many more operational Aggregators of various kinds employ thousands of youthIf we look at numbers for employment more than 41 lakh formal jobs were created from September 2017 to April 2018 based on EPFO payroll data According to a study based on EPFO data more than 70 lakh jobs were created in the formal sector last year Modi saidThe Prime Minister pointed out that job creation in the formal sector could have a spinoff effect on job creation in the informal sector too which constitutes around 80 per cent of all jobs If 41 lakh jobs were generated in the formal sector in eight months how much would be the total formal plus informal sector jobsHe said that in just one year 48 lakh new enterprises got registered which is likely to result in more formalisation and better jobs More than 12 crore loans have been given under Mudra Yojana Is it unfair to expect that one loan would have created or supported means of livelihood for at least one personMore than one crore houses have been constructed in the last one year how much employment would this have generated If road construction has more than doubled per month if there is tremendous growth in railways highways airlines what does it indicate Is it possible without employing more people in equal proportions he addedModi blamed a lack of consistency in the political debate around job creation and pointed out that if state governments are claiming to have created lakhs of jobs how could it be that Centre was not creating any jobs We have data put out by state governments on employment For example the previous Karnataka government claimed to have created 53 lakh jobs The West Bengal government said it created 68 lakh jobs in the last termNow if states are all creating a good number of jobs is it possible that the country is not creating jobs Is it possible that states are creating jobs but the Centre is creating joblessness Modi askedAlso Read Congress Slams Narendra Modi Government For Hike In LPG PricesCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updatesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever