Jobs still elude Goans

Goa's rural unemployment was 13.8% in 2015-16

Goans want jobs, simply put, this is at the heart of assembly elections in India's smallest state. While every political party has promised to create jobs and make Goa unemployment-free in the next five years, looking at things on the ground, it all seems uphill.
 
Sample this: Goa Investment Promotion and  Facilitation Board (IP&FB), BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party)’s brainchild to attract fresh investments and make way for smooth clearances, has been able to create only 1,500 jobs in the past few years. While 151 projects were sanctioned with an investment commitment of Rs 11,482 crore and employment generation potential