Employment exchanges in Gujarat provided 17.31 lakh jobs in five years: Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel

In the past five years, 17.31 lakh persons were provided jobs by employment exchanges in Gujarat, said chief minister Bhupendra Patel Thursday.

“During this year, the employment exchanges provided jobs to 1.66 lakh candidates. In the last five years, these exchanges provided jobs to 17.31 lakh candidates,” said Patel while addressing an event organised by the labour and employment department to celebrate “good governance week” in Ahmedabad.

He added the state was “the first in the country to provide jobs through employment exchanges”. The chief minister said 50,000 persons were being given new employment opportunities across the state through similar events organised in all 33 districts.

Stating 30,000 youths have been given appointment letters for apprenticeship Thursday, Patel said 38,000 youths have been provided apprenticeship during 2021-22. “The government has provided apprenticeship to two lakh youths since 2018-19,” he added.

Patel said there were more than two crore unorganised workers in Gujarat and 19.5 lakh of such workers have been enrolled on the e-Shram portal, the national database for workers in the unorganised sector.

Health minister Rushikesh Patel said Gujarat is providing jobs to people coming from Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Odisha and other parts of the country. “The talk of unemployment in Gujarat is illusionary,” he said, adding the state is number one in providing employment.

“Vibrant Gujarat has been helping in providing jobs… The whole world waits for Vibrant Gujarat Summit. They always wait for Gujarat to call and invite (for the summit). This time, too, MoUs worth crores have happened that will help set up new industries and create more job opportunities,” the health minister added.