Data doesn't show jobs reality, says Railway Minister Piyush Goyal

The government is under attack from the Opposition for a slow rate of jobs growth.

Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday said there was some difference between the actual jobs situation in the country and the existing data, which did not adequately capture the informal sector.

In the run-up to the Lok Sabha elections this year, the government has been attacked by the Opposition for a slow rate of jobs growth.

Goyal said the start-up and new-age entrepreneurial sector would give a major push to job creation and would offer employment to 5 million people by 2024. At present, this sector employs 1.5 million.

The latest data by the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE)