Sitharaman launched the Aatmanirbhar Bharat Rozgar Yojana saying, “Aatmanirbhar Bharat Rozgar Yojana being launched to incentivise creation of new employment opportunities during #COVID19 recovery. Every EPFO registered orgs — if they take in new employees or those who had lost jobs b/1 March 1 and September 30 - these employees will get benefits.”Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday said that India was seeing a “strong recovery” taking root in the economy, as seen by increased goods and service tax collections and other metrics. Aatmanirbhar Bharat Rozgar Yojana being launched to incentivise creation of new employment opportunities during #COVID19 recovery. Energy consumption growth trended higher in October at 12 per cent year-on-year, while Goods and Services Tax (GST) collections have grown 10 per cent to over Rs 1.05 lakh crore. Daily railway freight tonnage grew by an average 20 per cent year-on-year versus 12 per cent, she said adding bank credit has improved 5.1 per cent.

Source: Huffington Post November 12, 2020 09:00 UTC