Employment rose 36% to 643.3 mn in past 10 yrs: Minister
Mint Bangalore|January 03, 2025
Union labour minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Thursday said employment in the country has increased by 36% to 643.3 million in 2023-24 from 471.5 million in 2014-15, which shows improvement in job creation during NDA period.
PTI

Talking to media persons, the minister also said employment under UPA grew by just about 7% between 2004 and 2014.

He noted that under the UPA government only 29 million additional jobs were created between 2004 and 2014, whereas 171.9 million jobs were added under the Modi government between 2014 and 2024.

In the last one year (2023-24) alone, the Modi government has created around 46 million jobs in the country, the minister stated.

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