'They think quick fixes like internship in the private sector will help. 'In fact, internships have been going on for the last one decade.' 'In 2014-2015 itself, we had a ministry of skill development. None of the programmes have yielded results, still they are continuing with such schemes under some other name.' 'We don't see any seriousness on the part of the government to attack the problem of unemployment.'
'When you do some job for a few hours, you are hardly earning enough to survive.'
'After 2011-2012, both our investment rate and savings savings rate have declined. 'Correspondingly, the savings rate in the economy as percentage of GDP, also has come down.'
'One of the biggest employment generators, the MSMEs, have not got much from the government.'
A complaint was filed against former Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda and seven other government officials, including the chief secretary, before the Lokayukta court on Wednesday for alleged misuse of power to grab property.
'India's output contraction in the previous year was among the worst in the world!'
'Unemployment barely figures in the Budget except as a derived demand from the industry and infrastructure.' 'There is no effort at direct attack on unemployment.'
'Unless we get the health and economic situations right at the same time, we will not recover.'
The names of both Maregowda and Puttaraju had figured in the list of missing Janata Dal-Secular workers tweeted by Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy on Monday.
'There is lack of demand because people have no jobs, and no income.' 'Lakhs of people have lost their jobs and they have no income which has led to no demand in the market.'
'Ultimately, people will revolt at one time or the other.' 'You cannot feed the public with cultural issues forever.'
'Businessmen are reluctant to invest because there is a fear that private investors are being targeted by various agencies.'
The new numbers clearly had very different implications.
A six-time member of Parliament, Kumar had climbed the political ladder steadily from being an Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh worker to be the Union minister in his thirties.
The 'Shatrughan Sinha of the South' plunges into politics.
RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan has noted the contradiction.
'The economy may not improve unless you admit there are some problems.'
The estimates of national income and growth do not pass the 'smell test'.
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