Over 3 lakh govt jobs created in Rajasthan in four years, says CM Ashok Gehlot

JAIPUR: Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Thursday claimed that the government has created over three lakh jobs in the public sector, including the one lakh jobs in the pipeline, in the last four years to address unemployment in the state.
He said the upcoming Invest Rajasthan Summit is another step to create more jobs in the private sector. Referring to the Dandi Yatra being embarked on by unemployed youth from the state in Gujarat, Gehlot said Gujarat has the highest registered unemployed people in the county.
Gehlot also accused BJP of luring some of the unemployed youth from Rajasthan into holding a foot march in Gujarat against his government.
The CM was speaking at the unveiling of a statue of late MLA Kailash Trivedi and the laying of the foundation stone for a 220KV grid substation at Raipur in Bhilwara district. He said the state has set an all-time record in development and has been creating history in welfare measures.
Gehlot said that free electricity up to 50 units, guaranteed employment to people under Indira Gandhi Shahari Rozgar Yojana, nutritious food at a subsidised rate of Rs 8 per meal through more than 800 Indira Rasois and medical insurance of Rs 10 lakh under Chief Minister Chiranjeevi Health Insurance Scheme are examples of his government’s schemes for the common people. Every section of the state is being benefited by various innovative public welfare schemes, he claimed.
Gehlot said that 1.33 crore women heads of the Chiranjeevi families would soon be distributed free smartphones with internet service valid for three years. He said that so far more than 1 lakh youths have been given jobs in government services and that around 1.29 lakh more jobs are under process. In the state budget, the government has announced that one lakh more youth would be provided employment, he said. Many important decisions will be taken in the upcoming budget, which would be dedicated to the youth, he added.