Amid help for Modi, regular grumble about unemployment in Gujarat
By PTI
NEW DELHI: Nearly 3.64 lakh educated and “semi-educated” kids had registered with employment exchanges throughout Gujarat until December 2021, based on state authorities knowledge.
Of them, the very best variety of unemployed youths — 26,921 — had been in Vadodara, adopted by Ahmedabad (26,628), Anand (22,515), Rajkot (18,997) and Kheda (16,163) districts.
The figures had been shared by Labour, Skill Development and Employment Minister Brijesh Merja in his written replies to a set of questions by the opposition Congress through the State Legislative Assembly session in March.
Unemployment stays a significant problem in Gujarat even because the BJP-ruled state’s governance mannequin has been on the core of the Narendra Modi-led dispensation on the Centre.
Polling to elect 182-member Gujarat Legislative Assembly is scheduled to be held in two phases on Thursday and December 5.
In its latest report titled ‘Unemployment in India – A Statistical Profile’, the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE), a Mumbai-based personal entity arrange as an unbiased think-tank in 1976, pegged the general unemployment fee in Gujarat at 2.83 per cent that existed between May and August this 12 months, in opposition to 10.86 per cent on the nationwide stage for a similar interval.
The pattern dimension of the CMEI’s survey in Gujarat was 9,066 households.
In what could possibly be seen as a extra reasonable indicator of the unemployment state of affairs in Gujarat, about 17 lakh candidates reportedly utilized for 3,400 vacant posts of Talati cum Minister or village panchayat secretary a couple of months in the past.
“Whoever comes to power should think of the poor people like us. We should get employment opportunities, and essential things like gas cylinders should be made affordable. The government should think about people like us,” stated Raju Koli of Atkot village in Jasdan meeting constituency stated.
Ramesh Sondarva, a farm labourer, echoed comparable view and stated individuals of the state ought to carry a couple of change this time.
Jasdan is among the backward constituencies in Rajkot which can go to the polls on December 1.
Amid recurring voices of approval for Prime Minister Narendra Modi throughout the state, there’s a much less frequent, however regular hum of complaints about unemployment.
Many of the scholars of Saurashtra University stated the BJP has introduced ‘vikas’ (improvement) by constructing roads, and bettering energy and water provide within the state however a few of them additionally questioned its file on training and well being.
In the Godhra meeting section, Deepak Padhiyar, a second-year scholar on the Seth PT Arts and Science and Law College, stated he had utilized for the put up of a police constable however couldn’t clear the written examination, nevertheless, his quest for a greater life will proceed.
My father is a cobbler with the State Reserve Police Force and my mom a homemaker who additionally takes care of our footwear store, he stated.
“There is hardly any income from the shop. Now I want to apply for the post of Talati (revenue officer). This time my preference will be AAP, Padhiyar said, citing the “Delhi mannequin of governance” as the explanation behind him selecting the Arvind Kejriwal-led celebration.
Srimali Kirit (22), a first-year regulation scholar, claimed unemployment is an important issue within the state.
“This (BJP) government is emphasising on contractual workers who have no pension. There is a need for government jobs with implementation of the old pension scheme that will give workers protection after retirement,” Kirit stated.
He stated his father isn’t any extra and his mom will get a pension of Rs 12,000 and one other pension of Rs 1,200 underneath a central scheme for widows — not sufficient for the household to maintain their livelihood.
Amid excessive decibel ballot marketing campaign within the state, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has given a ‘assure’ to offer a job to each unemployed youth in Gujarat over the subsequent 5 years.
The celebration has promised to offer Rs 3,000 per 30 days as an unemployment allowance to youth from the state coffer until they continue to be unemployed.
The Congress too has promised to generate 10 lakh jobs in authorities and semi-government departments.
With the rivals elevating the problem of unemployment prominently of their ballot campaigns, the ruling BJP has additionally promised that it’s going to create 20 lakh employment alternatives and take the state’s economic system to USD 1 trillion within the subsequent 5 years if voted again to energy.
In its manifesto launched by celebration president J P Nadda just lately within the presence of Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and state unit chief C R Paatil, the BJP additionally promised to create multiple lakh authorities jobs for ladies over the subsequent 5 years.
In October, the ABP News-C Voter had claimed that round 31.4 per cent of voters surveyed by them had cited unemployment as their primary concern.
NEW DELHI: Nearly 3.64 lakh educated and “semi-educated” kids had registered with employment exchanges throughout Gujarat until December 2021, based on state authorities knowledge.
Of them, the very best variety of unemployed youths — 26,921 — had been in Vadodara, adopted by Ahmedabad (26,628), Anand (22,515), Rajkot (18,997) and Kheda (16,163) districts.
The figures had been shared by Labour, Skill Development and Employment Minister Brijesh Merja in his written replies to a set of questions by the opposition Congress through the State Legislative Assembly session in March.
Unemployment stays a significant problem in Gujarat even because the BJP-ruled state’s governance mannequin has been on the core of the Narendra Modi-led dispensation on the Centre.
Polling to elect 182-member Gujarat Legislative Assembly is scheduled to be held in two phases on Thursday and December 5.
In its latest report titled ‘Unemployment in India – A Statistical Profile’, the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE), a Mumbai-based personal entity arrange as an unbiased think-tank in 1976, pegged the general unemployment fee in Gujarat at 2.83 per cent that existed between May and August this 12 months, in opposition to 10.86 per cent on the nationwide stage for a similar interval.
The pattern dimension of the CMEI’s survey in Gujarat was 9,066 households.
In what could possibly be seen as a extra reasonable indicator of the unemployment state of affairs in Gujarat, about 17 lakh candidates reportedly utilized for 3,400 vacant posts of Talati cum Minister or village panchayat secretary a couple of months in the past.
“Whoever comes to power should think of the poor people like us. We should get employment opportunities, and essential things like gas cylinders should be made affordable. The government should think about people like us,” stated Raju Koli of Atkot village in Jasdan meeting constituency stated.
Ramesh Sondarva, a farm labourer, echoed comparable view and stated individuals of the state ought to carry a couple of change this time.
Jasdan is among the backward constituencies in Rajkot which can go to the polls on December 1.
Amid recurring voices of approval for Prime Minister Narendra Modi throughout the state, there’s a much less frequent, however regular hum of complaints about unemployment.
Many of the scholars of Saurashtra University stated the BJP has introduced ‘vikas’ (improvement) by constructing roads, and bettering energy and water provide within the state however a few of them additionally questioned its file on training and well being.
In the Godhra meeting section, Deepak Padhiyar, a second-year scholar on the Seth PT Arts and Science and Law College, stated he had utilized for the put up of a police constable however couldn’t clear the written examination, nevertheless, his quest for a greater life will proceed.
My father is a cobbler with the State Reserve Police Force and my mom a homemaker who additionally takes care of our footwear store, he stated.
“There is hardly any income from the shop. Now I want to apply for the post of Talati (revenue officer). This time my preference will be AAP, Padhiyar said, citing the “Delhi mannequin of governance” as the explanation behind him selecting the Arvind Kejriwal-led celebration.
Srimali Kirit (22), a first-year regulation scholar, claimed unemployment is an important issue within the state.
“This (BJP) government is emphasising on contractual workers who have no pension. There is a need for government jobs with implementation of the old pension scheme that will give workers protection after retirement,” Kirit stated.
He stated his father isn’t any extra and his mom will get a pension of Rs 12,000 and one other pension of Rs 1,200 underneath a central scheme for widows — not sufficient for the household to maintain their livelihood.
Amid excessive decibel ballot marketing campaign within the state, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has given a ‘assure’ to offer a job to each unemployed youth in Gujarat over the subsequent 5 years.
The celebration has promised to offer Rs 3,000 per 30 days as an unemployment allowance to youth from the state coffer until they continue to be unemployed.
The Congress too has promised to generate 10 lakh jobs in authorities and semi-government departments.
With the rivals elevating the problem of unemployment prominently of their ballot campaigns, the ruling BJP has additionally promised that it’s going to create 20 lakh employment alternatives and take the state’s economic system to USD 1 trillion within the subsequent 5 years if voted again to energy.
In its manifesto launched by celebration president J P Nadda just lately within the presence of Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and state unit chief C R Paatil, the BJP additionally promised to create multiple lakh authorities jobs for ladies over the subsequent 5 years.
In October, the ABP News-C Voter had claimed that round 31.4 per cent of voters surveyed by them had cited unemployment as their primary concern.
