Early Times Report
Billawar, Feb 7: Manohar Sharma while conducting monthly public meeting at Mandli Billawar has called the BJP government at centre a “flop show” for not living up to the promises of generating employment in the country and said “The BJP has failed to create jobs,” adding that India has seen the highest rate of unemployment since 35 years. Manohar stated India’s unemployment rate rose to a three-year high of 8.48 per cent in October 2019 , up from 7.2 per cent in September as per data from CMIE on. The unemployment rate for the month is highest since August 2016, reflecting an overall economic downturn in the country. The unemployment rate in September was 7.16 per cent, while it was 8.19 per cent in August. The last time the unemployment rate was higher was in August 2016 at 9.59 per cent. Dr. Sharma said that anti-youth, anti-employment policies of the government are the root cause for all time high unemployment in the country. India has approx. 65% of youth population but 30 % of them are unemployed. He said BJP govt. has failed to provide10 crores jobs that they had promised in their election manifesto and is playing with the future of the youth of the country. Also present were Devinder Singh Bindu, Dr Narinder Vaid, Sham lal Sapolia, Romesh Verma, Bhudhi Singh, Romesh Sharma, Puran Chand, Lal Chand Verma, Master Rashid, Narinder Sharma, Advocate Inderbushan Gupta. Romal Singh, Gian Chand Sharma, Subash Singh Biloria, Romesh Bhagat, Karam Chand, Shiv Dass, Parma Nand, Shiv Dev Singh, Rajinder Verma & others. |