Record government jobs provided in last one and a half years: PM Modi
New Indian ExpressNEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday that his government has provided nearly 10 lakh permanent government jobs to youths in the last one and a half years which he asserted, is a record. Modi said making maximum use of the Indian youths' abilities and talent is a priority of his government, noting that they are at the centre of a host of schemes, be it start-up India, digital India or reforms in space and defence sectors. Noting that former prime minister Charan Singh, whose birth anniversary fell on Monday, stood for the development of rural India and for the country's progress, Modi said his government has followed this by creating job and self-employment opportunities in villages. The backward classes' recruitment has seen a 27 per cent rise under the Modi government compared to the UPA's, he said.