Govt should come clear air on employment data: Rattan Lal Gupta

Gigantic disparity between Govt data & CMIE survey figures indicates ‘fudging’

JAMMU, April 08: Rattan Lal Gupta, Provincial President JK NC Jammu on Saturday asked the government of J&K to come clear on the gigantic difference between the unemployment rate data announced by it recently and the one made public by the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE).

In a statement issued to media persons, the senior NC leader alleged fudging by the government claiming that there is unbelievable difference between the two figures as according to the CMIE the unemployment rate in J&K in March was over 23 percent but the reports published in media giving government data of the same entity have reported improvement from 6.7 percent in 2019-20 to 5.2 percent in 2021-22 quoting Economic Survey Report 2022-23.   

He said that the people have got perplexed because there is a gigantic difference between the two figures and for sure one among these have been fudged and the government should come clean over the fact. “The point to ponder is that if the CMIE data was not correct, the government should have objected to it, which is not the case indicating that there is something fishy in the whole gamut”, he said adding that with not even a single recruitment process under this dispensation culminating successfully because of scams after scams and cancellation of exams of several departments, one can judge well that which data is right and which one is fudged.

He alleged that the government has become popular in executing scams as aspirants of various departments have been forced to run from posts to pillars and stage demonstrations because none of the recruitment process started under this regime has reached to its logical conclusion as scams have marred almost all the exams.

He said that   government and its recruitment agencies have miserably failed to come upto the expectations of youth as they were protesting for the last more than six months demanded replacement of tainted Aptech Company roped in by the government for recruitment which was disengaged but why the other company by the LG Administration for conducting the exams of aspirants to get the job is engaged so far .

The delay in recruitment process is highly condemnable as the future of aspirants is looking totally blink. Gupta appeals to the LG Administration to complete the process of recruitment as early as possible to fulfill the dreams of the aspirants he further stressed the LG administration to fill all the other sanctioned govt vacancies as soon as possible otherwise the educated youth may not be indulged in drugs by adopting bad society.

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