Haryana can provide only up to 8,000 jobs per annum

Stressing that government jobs cannot remove unemployment, Haryana Finance Minister Abhimanyu today said the state can provide only 7,000-8,000 jobs in public sector departments every year as against the total requirement of around 5 lakh.
"With about 2.5 crore population based on 2 per cent growth, we estimate 5 lakh people will require employment every year. The government can give about 7,000-8,000 jobs on an average every year," Haryana Finance Minister Abhimanyu said here after presenting state budget in Haryana Vidhan Sabha today.
He underscored the need for creating employment opportunities in private sector and self employment opportunities and focused on skill development.

"We all know that government jobs alone cannot remove unemployment in the society since the government at best provide a couple of thousands jobs per annum against the incremental strength of new 5 lakh youth who are required to be gainfully employed every year.
It therefore becomes imperative for the planners to create more job opportunities in the private scector or self employment opportunities in business and industry," he said in the assembly.
He said the only way to ensure jobs for all the youth of Haryana is to ensure higher growth of manufacturing and services sector in the state, besides improving the returns on the agriculture.

"The budget is directed towards the creation of more jobs in the agriculture and enterprises sectors. It is directed towards giving due importance to both these sectors to reduce rural distress and to ensure adequate job creation in private sector to meet expectation of youth and also to reap demographic benefits of the state," he said in his budget speech.