RNI Regn. No. CHHENG/2012/42718, Postal Reg. No. - RYP DN/34/2013-2015 !$ 4!5+0/ ;& ? ;A '5?' !&' ' & ,'!!@ ?B% ; !&? ' 82; < %(3!!3 C1 D& # * 6 1 +6),+78 +)-(,, !"##$%&"' ( # ) &* ( ! "$% !& in the age group of 15-29 years jumped more than three & & ; 8,; this year, Chief Accountant Mohanty said: “48 Public ndia is facing a massive folds to 17.4 per cent in 2017- General (CAG) (Audit) Works Department divisions Iunemployment crisis with 18 versus 5 per cent in 2011- he sleuths of the Economic Raipur, Bijay Kumar Mohanty, and 18 Water Resources joblessness at the highest in 12. In case of female youth in TOffences Wing (EOW) on while releasing the CAG report Department divisions between nearly five decades. According rural areas, unemployment Thursday commenced the had pointed out the as part of May 2016 and June 2017 invit- to the survey findings report- rate stood at 13.6 per cent in probe based on the findings of collusive bidding, detailed ed 658 tenders worth 108.35 ed by a business newspaper, the 2017-18 as compared to 4.8 per Comptroller and Auditor investigation from Vigilance crore manually each valued country is facing unprece- cent in 2011-12,” the report General (CAG) on alleged angle has been recommended between 10 lakh to 20 lakh dented unemployment of 6.1 said. irregularities in tendering against the use of 74 comput- despite directives of e-pro- per cent in 2017-18 the high- Countering the media process through e-tendering ers by at least one Government curement.” est since 1972-73. The assess- report, Niti Aayog has cited and procurement mode by official of 17 departments of “Similarly, 133 tenders val- ment survey by the National McKinsey Global Institute’s Chhattisgarh Infotech the State Government with ued at 225.15 crore had mul- Sample Survey Office (NSSO) report on “India’s Labour Promotion Society (CHiPS) one or more bidders in respect tiple bidders applying for the was conducted between July Market --- A new emphasis on in Chhattisgarh. of 1921 tenders valued at same tender and mentioned 2017 and June 2018. Gainful Employment’ (2017)” The team reached the 4601 crores; as the inbuilt same partner’s e-mail ID for A war of words between which estimates that a combi- CHiPS office and sought all business intelligence module obtaining vendor ID. the Congress and the BJP nation of increased files and other documents was blocked and bypassed in e- In five tenders valued erupted over the leaked job cre- Government spending, addi- related to the e-tendering procurement. 15.44 crore, Contractor was ation report card on Friday. In tional IT hiring, the rise of process. “The vendors also pos- not eligible. In other case in 11 a scathing attack on the independent work and an Confirming information sessed common e-mail IDs tenders valued at 23.77 crore, Narendra Modi Government, increase in entrepreneurship on arrival of EOW team, and 79 vendors/bidders had Contractor was favoured sur- Congress president Rahul created gainful employment Sanjeev Sharma, Public two PANs. The e-procurement passing his bid capacity,” he Gandhi said the data revealed !" " "#$% $ " % between 20 million and 26 mil- Relations Officer (PRO), system was aimed at vendor had pointed out. a “National Disaster”. In reac- lion people between 2014 and CHiPS stated that the EOW registration, tendering, award The Department has tion, the BJP quickly respond- who had previously mounted a employment. females, it was 27.2 per cent in 2017. team had arrived and sought of work for all tenders above claimed that it has blocked ed and termed it as defence of lowering of UPA-era Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh 2017-18; it was 13.1 per cent in Similarly, Surjit Bhalla & the original files related to the 20 lakh which was lowered to multiple bidders, common e- “#FakeNews!” GDP growth rates, claimed Kant, who too was present at 2011-12. The unemployment Tirtha Das (2018) in their e-tendering process which was 10 lakh in May 2016. CHiPS mail ID, common mobile The report has not been the report cited by the news- the conference, said India is rate among youth reached a report estimates net job cre- provided to them. was the nodal agency for the numbers and more than one made public with two members paper “is not finalised. It is a creating adequate number of record high level in 2017-18 as ation as 22.1 million for the Notably, on January 10 project,” he said. PAN, Mohanty had stated. of the National Statistical draft report”. jobs for new entrants, but compared to previous year and 2013-2017 period --- a pace Commission alleging the The Aayog claimed that “probably we are not creating “much higher compared to considerably higher than the Government was delaying the estimating employment gener- high quality jobs”. The NSSO that in the overall population”, 11 million jobs created data. The NSSO report on job ated in the recent years is edu- job report was previously highlighted the report. between 2004-5 and 2011-12. data has been at the centre of cation enrollment that planned to be released in “For educated rural Mohandas Pai & Baid much controversy after two increased from 101 million in December 2018. females, the unemployment (September 2018) pointed out non-governmental members 2011-12 to 112 million in 2017. The draft of the NSSO rate ranged from 9.7 per cent that cumulatively, from the of the National Statistical Refusing to comment on the survey reportedly shows that at to 15.2 per cent between 2004- formal and informal sectors, Commission (NSC), PC content of the news report, the 7.8 per cent, joblessness is 05 and 2011-12, which rose to India generates over 1 crore Mohanan and JV Meenakshi, Niti Aayog chief said the higher in the urban areas of the 17.3 per cent in 2017-18,” the jobs each year. stepped down on Monday Government will release its country than in rural parts, report said. In case of rural As per NITI Aayog, as amid “disagreements” with the employment report by March where it was 5.3 per cent. educated males, the joblessness many as16,970 new chartered Government over the func- after collating quarter-on-quar- “Among urban males aged rate surged to 10.5 per cent in accountants were added to the likely to announce a big pack- for the winter and summer tioning of the commission ear- ter data. He also debunked between 15 and 29, unem- 2017-18 from 3.5-4.4 per cent workforce in 2017 with around age for farmers. The sops, like- crops) to small and marginal lier this week. claims of jobless growth, saying ployment stood at 18.7 per cent between 2004-05 and 2011-12. 5,624 new practices setting up he interim Budget to be ly to involve direct benefit farmers to ease their burden to Meanwhile, Niti Aayog how a country can grow at an as opposed to 8.1 per cent in For instance, the rate of shop, which would have creat- Tpresented by the Narendra transfer or transfer of cash of carry out farming activities, Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar, average of 7 per cent without 2011-12. Among urban joblessness among rural males ed further additional jobs. Modi Government on Friday is 12,000 per year (6,000 each instead of offering subsidies. ! # $ # %& '# ( # # ( # he Enforcement Directorate he Enforcement ) T(ED) on Thursday got four- uling BJP on Thursday TDirectorate (ED) on * + day remand of AgustaWestland Rwon the high-stakes Jind Thursday conducted searches VVIP helicopter scam bypoll while Congress won the at six locations across Uttar accused Rajiv Saxena and Ramgarh Assembly seat in Pradesh in connection with a seven-day remand of corporate Rajasthan, taking its tally in money laundering case relating !"#$%" ,& lobbyist Deepak Talwar, both of the 200-member House to to alleged irregularities of over # whom were deported on 100. 111 crore in construction of # K # Wednesday night by UAE. At Jind, BJP nominee memorials in the State during # The ED sought eight days Krishan Middha (48) wrested BSP supremo Mayawati’s stint K # custody of Saxena, a Dubai- the seat from the main as Chief Minister. # based businessman, before spe- Opposition Indian National The latest ED move comes # cial judge Arvind Kumar, who Lok Dal, forcing it to the fifth close on the heels of separate ,& + allowed the agency to interro- place. The Jannayak Janata cases by CBI and ED in con- gate him for four days. Party, which broke away from nection with mining of minor and the Prevention of Cabinet colleagues — & During the hearing, the INLD just weeks ago fol- minerals and money launder- Corruption Act and it related Nasmeedunin Siddiqui and &'()* Saxena’s lawyer claimed that his lowing a feud in the Chautala ing issues respectively in which to alleged financial irregulari- Babu Singh Kushwaha, besides '#! client was suffering from can- family, put up a spirited fight the role of UP CM Akhilesh ties in the construction of 12 BSP MLAs and several oth- '# # cer, a claim that was contested ')"#*# #" % ++ ) and finished second. Yadav is to be probed by the memorials, including statues of ers for alleged ‘wrong-doings’ # /+0 by ED before the court which #+ " "#$ The BJP candidate defeat- two agencies. BSP founder Kanshi Ram and in the purchase of sandstone 012/)23 #4+/ said this has to be verified. " % ed JJP’s Digvijay Singh The agencies’ action also the party’s poll symbol ‘ele- for the memorials. + +, Saxena was picked up by Chautala by 12,935 votes, Jind comes at a time when Yadav phant’, during the regime On the Lokayukta’s report, Dubai authorities early on Talwar is facing charges of cases of corruption, while the Deputy Commissioner-cum- and Mayawati have forged an Mayawati as CM of UP an FIR was lodged by the vig- - & & Wednesday in connection with criminal conspiracy, forgery Income Tax Department Returning Officer Amit Khatri alliance to contest the forth- between 2007 and 2012.