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Niti Aayog tries to counter bleak unemployment data, says Ola & Uber helped create over 2 million jobs
Updated : January 31, 2019 09:07 PM IST
The statement from NITI Aayog comes after the Business Standard newspaper quoted an official survey that has been withheld by the government on the jobless problem under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who faces a general election by May.
NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar said the leaked unemployment report was only a draft, and that the government could release jobs data in March.
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