Soon expect the Modi government to spend lavishly to advertise the number of jobs it created in last three years

The government isn’t ready to take opposition’s criticism of inability to create jobs so lightly. To counter it better, the Modi government has asked all ministries and departments to submit list of direct and indirect jobs it created during last three years.

Narendra Modi led NDA government has just completed its third anniversary. While Modi himself has asked for celebration, the opposition is up with guns to showcase the failures of the present regime. Topping the list is lack of jobs created during last few years. While the erstwhile UPA government took pride in creating a million jobs in 2009, the opposition blamed Modi of his inability to create sufficient jobs for the youth in the country.

According to The Times of India report, all information officers have been asked to complete the task quickly, though it's a tough one considering that the exercise to map both direct and indirect jobs is being undertaken for the first time.

"The task is also to estimate the potential number of jobs that can be created because of the ongoing schemes and programmes," an official told TOI.

The list will soon be ready and would be communicated to the public through appropriate channels. The labour bureau’s report shows a poor job generation record at just 1.1 % last year. Earlier, it was assumed that the lack of jobs would be at 5%. The BJP in its poll manifesto had promised two crore jobs every year.