Union Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh said that the Modi government has created more jobs than the UPA government in the last nine years. He cited the recruitment data from three main recruitment agencies of the Government of India — Staff Selection Commission (SSC), Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) and Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) — to support his claim.
According to Singh, the SSC recruited two lakh people during the UPA’s nine-year rule, whereas it recruited more than four lakh under the NDA’s rule. Similarly, the RRB recruited 3,47,291 people during the UPA’s regime, but more than 4.2 lakh people were recruited under the NDA’s rule. The UPSC recruited 45,431 youths under the UPA’s tenure, while 50,906 were recruited during the nine years of the Modi government.
Singh also said that the government has given large-scale promotions to government employees. For example, during the UPA’s rule, only 40 promotions were given at the joint secretary-level for the Central Secretariat Service (CSS) officers. However, under the Modi government, 107 such promotions have been given. Similarly, at the director level, 349 promotions were given under the UPA rule, but 791 such promotions have been given under the Modi government.
Singh attributed the increase in job creation to the government’s zero tolerance policy towards corruption. He said that this has created a conducive atmosphere for government employees to perform.
It is important to note that there are different opinions on the extent to which the Modi government has created more jobs than the UPA government. Some experts believe that the government’s data is misleading and that the actual number of jobs created is much lower. Others believe that the government has done a good job of creating jobs, but that more needs to be done.
Ultimately, it is up to each individual to decide whether they believe the Modi government has created more jobs than the UPA government. However, the data presented by Singh does suggest that there has been an increase in job creation in recent years.
