Employment Minister’s Unemployment Remark Sparks Stir

“Jobs plenty, but quality candidates in short supply.” India’s employment minister doesn’t think there is an unemployment crisis in the country.

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00:00Those who come to India to do recruitment,

00:03they question the quality of the person they are hiring.

00:30We are doing the work of looking after this ministry.

00:54And we are doing the work of monitoring it daily.

00:58I can say that there is no shortage of employment in the country.

01:04There is a lot of employment.

01:06And we have made a separate system.

01:08Apart from the employment offices, our ministry is also monitoring it.

01:14And I can say that there is no problem of employment.

01:17If a person wants good employment,

01:20he comes for it because I do good work.

01:24Those who come to India to do recruitment,

01:27they question the quality of the person they are hiring.

01:34We are doing the work of looking after this ministry.

01:36And we are doing the work of monitoring it.