Agenda 2019: Arun Jaitley dubs '108 purported economists' as compulsive contrarians
India TV NewsFinance Minister Arun Jaitley Tuesday dubbed the "108 purported economists" alleging government interference in statistical data as a "fake campaign", saying these compulsive contrarians have repeatedly signed memorandums of manufactured political issues against the present regime. Read full text of Arun Jaitley's article Agenda 2019 – Part-9 : The NDA Government’s Economy Report Card vs. It’s Predecessors The irony of a large number of Opposition leaders is that they specialise only in politicking and sloganeering rather than understanding the world of development and economy. The survey indicates “a growth of 13.9 per cent in Net Jobs Created over the last 4 years at 3.3 per cent per annum.” The survey further states “given that the total workforce size according to the Labour Bureau is estimated at 450 million, the overall job additions work out to 13.5 – 14.9 million per annum.” The above fits in with the trends given by the EPFO data by S.K. All these data indicate the general trend of jobs increasing in India, which match the 7.3 per cent average growth rate of GDP.