BJP president Amit Shah on Sunday said Modi Government at the Centre was working towards eradicating unemployment through its holistic and multi-dimensional policies as the country had an “army of unemployed youth” during the previous UPA Government.
“We are fortunate that India is full of youth. However, due to the wrong policies of previous Government, it had an army of unemployed youth, and it is becoming a liability for the country,” Shah said.
“However, the Narendra Modi Government brought holistic and multi-dimensional policies such as ‘Skill India’, ‘Mudra Bank’, ‘Start-Up India’ and ‘Stand-up India’ in last two years and has been working towards eradication of unemployment,” he said.
Shah was addressing a convention here of Pramod Mahajan Skill and Entrepreneurship Mission, a State Government initiative on the lines of the Centre’s ‘Skill India’.
“Today, majority of people are dependent on agriculture. However, the farming sector is not profitable and that is why to lessen the dependency on farming, the Skill India, Stand Up India, Startup India schemes were launched.
“All these schemes are directly related to the ‘Make In India’ initiative, which is being instrumental in eradicating unemployment,” said Shah, who was welcomed at Bal Gandharv auditorium here amid ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’ slogans by BJP workers and others.