TIL Desk/Business/New Delhi/ Union Minister Arun Jaitley has rejected criticism of giving a ‘jobless economic growth’, saying the absence of any major social or political agitation in the last five years indicates government schemes have created employment.
In an interview, Jaitley, who is here for medical treatment, justified the absence of any major mention of job creation in the Interim Budget presented on February 1, saying such budgets are different from the normal budget speeches as they are more like “a report card and a road map.”
“Why is it that India, in the last five years, hasn’t seen a major social or political agitation? If there is no job creation, there will be discontent. Where is that visible?” he said.
Rout of incumbent governments is a foregone conclusion when such discontent is there but during current times the opposition parties are teaming up because they know they do not stand a chance otherwise, he said.
