Only 3 out of 1,000 got government jobs in past 8 years, Rahul Gandhi says youth ‘misled, cheated’
Anu Parthiban | July 28, 2022 | 01:56 PM IST | 1 min read
Of the total 22 crore applicants, only 7.22 lakh got the job in eight years. Compared to 2017-18, India's unemployment rate has doubled in five years.
NEW DELHI: Taking a dig at the Bharatiya Janata Party-led (BJP) government, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi blamed the ruling party for the increasing unemployment rate in the country.
Of the 22 crore youth who lined up for government jobs in the past eight years, only 7.22 lakh got the job, that is, only 3 out of 1000,” Rahul Gandhi said. Attacking the BJP government, he further said, “Raja gets angry when he asks questions on unemployment. The truth is - they can’t generate employment.” He also said that the youth are assets to the country, but the BJP is portraying them as “liability”.
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On July 15, the Congress leader shared youth unemployment data and said, “Misled. Betrayed. Cheated. Prime Minister, can India's unemployed youth use these ‘unparliamentary’ words for your lies?”
According to the data shared, the unemployment rate of the country in the year 2021-22 was at 42%. Compared to 2017-18, India's unemployment rate has doubled in five years.
Misled. Betrayed. Cheated.
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) July 15, 2022
Prime Minister, can India's unemployed youth use these ‘unparliamentary’ words for your lies? pic.twitter.com/dsmlupUoBk
A total of 22,05,99,238 applications were received during 2014-15 to 2021-22. Only 7,22,311 candidates were recommended by recruiting agencies for appointment in different central government departments from 2014-15 to 2021-22, the minister said in his reply.
|
Year |
Number of application received |
Number of selected candidates |
|
2014-15 |
2,32,22,083 |
1,30,423 |
|
2015-16 |
2,95,51,844 |
1,11,807 |
|
2016-17 |
2,28,99,612 |
1,01,333 |
|
2017-18 |
3,94,76,878 |
76,147 |
|
2018-19 |
5,09,36,479 |
38,100 |
|
2019-20 |
1,78,39,752 |
1,47,096 |
|
2020-21 |
1,80,01,469 |
78,555 |
|
2021-22 |
1,86,71,121 |
38,850 |
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