The latest data put out by EPFO on their website shows that 1.8 crore people enrolled in the scheme between September 2017 and November 2018. But it also shows for each month, that 1.4 crore persons quit the scheme! It even gives the number of persons (33 lakh) who quit but rejoined. Net new subscribers […]
Modi government’s flagship job schemes across the country have been able to create only 27.5 lakh jobs. Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP), aimed at generating self-employment through micro-enterprises and non-farm sector, created only 17.88 lakh jobs from 2014-2018. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY), under which rural youth are skilled in job competencies, […]
According to NSSO data, unemployment rate was 6.1%, a 45 year high. Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy stated that 11 million Indians lost their jobs in 2018, with rural India taking the worst hit reporting 84% of the job losses. According to statistics released by the Labour Bureau, job creation or job growth for 2015 […]