India, Feb. 18 -- Of the many promises on which the BJP-led government came to power, one assurance stands out: creation of two crore jobs every year. Time and again various reports and Opposition parties have called the bluff of Narendra Modi government on this count. The latest is a 'leaked report' of the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) which shows that unemployment rate stood at a whopping 45-year high of 6.1 per cent in 2017-18.
The 'report' nails the lie of many official pronouncements in this regard. For example, last year, the Prime Minister stated that seven million jobs were created in 2017. Not to be left behind, a member of the Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council announced that 15 million jobs were created in 2017. O...