New Delhi: Government data has revealed that 2.38 lakh educated people in Gujarat are unemployed and have registered themselves for employment with various departments. Even more stark is the number that only 32 young people got government jobs in the state in the last two years, The New Indian Express has reported.
This data was revealed in response to a question posed by Congress MLAs in the state assembly. In response, the Bharatiya Janata Party government stated that 2,38,978 educated unemployed have been registered in the last two years in a total of 29 districts, while 10,757 partially-educated unemployed have been registered, taking the number of educated unemployed people to 2,49,735.
Of the 32 people who got government jobs, 22 were in Ahmedabad, nine in Bhavnagar and one in Gandhinagar.
Industries minister Balwantsinh Rajput told the assembly that Anand has the highest number of unemployed at 21,633, followed by Vadodara at 18,732 and Ahmedabad at 16,400.
This article was first published on The Wire.
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