https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/nea...n-10-months-central-statistics-office-1906099
Nearly 1.2 crore jobs were created in the country in the 10-month period till June this year, as per a Central Statistics Office or CSO report.
1.2 crore = 12 million.
You can't fudge these figures since it's now all connected to a person's biometrics through Aadhaar. So 1 account = 1 person.
Also, financing for entrepreneurs:
https://www.thehindubusinessline.co...to-12-cr-beneficiaries-pm/article24020964.ece
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said that loans worth ₹6 lakh crore have been given to 12 crore beneficiaries under the Mudra scheme as he accused the previous governments of tokenism and not enough for small businesses.
This includes first-timers:
“Out of the 12 crore beneficiaries, 28 per cent or 3.25 crore are first-time entrepreneurs,” he said in his interaction with beneficiaries of this scheme.
12Cr = 120 million. 3.25Cr = 32.5 million.
Minorities are also taken care of:
He also said 74 per cent, or 9 crore, borrowers are women and 55 per cent belong to the SC/ST and OBC category. "Mudra Yojana is not just a self employment scheme but it acts as job multiplier as it has created jobs as several new ventures got started," he said.
9Cr = 90 million.
This scheme been successful because the NPAs in this program are significantly low.
https://economictimes.indiatimes.co...spike-in-mudra-loans/articleshow/67511045.cms
Rs 110,000,000,000 are NPA out of the disbursed Rs 2,460,000,000,000 in 2017-18 to 48.1 million people, which is peanuts for such a high risk investment.
Note that this is up and above what's been mentioned in the first link, which is solely for employment for formal jobs where the employer has to link an employee with a govt created fund and make payments every month.
So 12 million employed in 10 months of 2017-18. Obviously doesn't include 2 more months, but let's just approximate that to
14 million for a year. And business loans extended to 48.1 million people the same year. Let's assume 25% are first-timers, which makes it
12 million people, mostly women.
So 14+12 =
26 million people have been given a means of living in the year 2017-2018. 14 million with formal employment. 12 million in the informal sector, as entrepreneurs.
Note that both these do not count the entire jobs market because it's difficult to include half the population into these figures considering they are into agriculture and most do not report to the govt. Nor do these cover daily wage earners, servants etc. These figures don't cover govt supplied part-time work that happens in villages either. So it's obviously way more than 26 million a year.
Our jobs situation is fine. Most articles pointing out a "jobs creation problem" have vested interests and no real interest in discovering the truth.
@Nilgiri @Vibrio Anything to add?