MARGAO
Asserting that the tall claims made by the BJP government has fallen flat with Goa ranking second in unemployment rate, Leader of Opposition Yuri Alemao has demanded that Chief Minister Pramod Sawant immediately release a “White Paper” on the unemployment scenario in Goa.
He said the BJP government headed by Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has time and again tried to set a false narrative about the rising unemployment rate in Goa. “The tall claims of the BJP government on employment generation have fallen flat with the latest Annual Report of Ministry of Statistics Programme Implementation ranking Goa second in the country and 3.2 per cent above National average with 9.7 per cent unemployment rate,” Yuri said.
He said it is loud and clear that the “Rojgar Melas”, “Mega Job Fairs” organised by the Central & State governments are nothing but publicity stunts. “Government of Goa spent Rs 3.10 crore on Mega Job Fair 2022 which provided employment to hardly 576 youth from 21,780 youth who had registered for the Mega Job Fair, stated Yuri.
He added: “As per the data provided by the government to me in the last Assembly Session, 1,15,190 unemployed youth are registered with Employment Exchange. Out of these only 2,817 youth were provided regular government jobs while 22,986 were employed in private sector. BJP government initiated Investment Promotion Board (IPB) promising Goans of huge investment opportunities and employment. Surprisingly, the data provided to me shows that government has given away 12.91 lakh square meters of land for an investment of Rs 726.43 crore and 1,037 jobs out of which only 55 are given to Goans.”
