Modi govt created 5 times more employment than UPA regime: Labour minister
Hindustan TimesThe Narendra Modi government has significantly boosted employment over the past decade, creating nearly five times more jobs than during the United Progressive Alliance era from 2004 to 2014, Union labour and employment minister Mansukh Mandaviya said. Union minister of labour and employment Mansukh Mandaviya cited data from the Reserve Bank of India and Employees' Provident Fund Organisation Mandaviya cited data from the Reserve Bank of India and Employees' Provident Fund Organisation, news agency ANI reported. “According to RBI's data, not my own, between 2004 and 2014, during the 10 years of the UPA's tenure, 2.9 crore jobs were created,” the report quoted the Union minister as saying. “And in 2024, in just one year, 4.9 crore jobs have been created, and I am quoting RBI's data.” He added that “under the leadership of Modi ji, the NDA government has created a total of 17.6 crore jobs from 2014 to 2024 in the span of 10 years.