- June 15, 2022
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Economy
It is commendable Prime Minister Narendra Modi has personally taken a lead in fighting unemployment. In a review of the status of human resources of government departments and ministries, the Prime Minister has directed them to begin recruiting in a ‘mission mode’ aiming to get 10 lakh fresh hands on board within 18 months. The government has been facing criticism that despite the high employment, a large number of vacancies in different government sectors is not filled up.
Simultaneously, Union defence minister Rajnath Singh announced that the three armed forces will together recruit 45,000 personnel this year on short commission with a four-year tenure. The best 25% of the ‘Agniveers’, as they have been dubbed, will be absorbed in the regular forces; the others will be discharged with handsome severance payouts.
This initiative comes at a time when spiralling inflation and a tight monetary policy in the US and elsewhere is…
