Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that the hiring activity picked up last year as compared to the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. Citing the Nasscom report, PM Modi said that India has generated over 27 lakh jobs in the IT sector.
He further said that approximately 1.2 crore new people joined EPFO payroll, which shows there was a growth in the formal sector employment. PM Modi replied to the Motion of Thanks to the President’s Address in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday.
The prime minister said within one year span the number of…