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DMK Min TRB Rajaa Shares Data Claiming DMK Govt Was Providing More Jobs For Youth, Gets Debunked, ‘Hides’ Reply

October 1, 2024
The Commune

DMK Minister for Industries, the party’s IT Wing secretary TRB Rajaa shared a post on how TN Chief Minister MK Stalin provides “quality jobs” for the youth. He wrote on his X handle, “#Jobs, jobs, and more #JobsForTN! As our Honourable @CMOTamilNadu Thiru. @MKStalin avargal has always emphasised, every rupee of the lakhs of crores in investments we bring in is aimed at creating quality jobs for our youth… and the results speak for themselves! According to the Annual Survey of Industries 2022-23 released by the Union government, a remarkable 15% of all industrial jobs created in India were from #TamilNadu, making us the top industrial employer in the country This is a testament to our relentless focus on employment generation and inclusive growth. This is the #DravidianModel in action! #InvestInTN”

However, the data shared by Rajaa turned out to be half-truth. An article reveals that “According to the latest (2019-20) data in the report sourced from the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation’s Annual Survey of Industries (ASI), Tamil Nadu had 38,837 factories, up 45 percent from 26,790 factories as of 2009-10 and 1.85 percent from 38,131 factories as of 2018-19. In comparison, Gujarat had a 28,479 factory count, growing at a faster rate of 82 percent from 15,576 as of 2009-10 and 6 percent from 26,842 as of 2018-19.

Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, and Uttar Pradesh had 25,610, 16,924, and 16,184 factories as of 2019-20. Importantly, out of the total number of factories in India, 2,46,504 as of 2019-20, which jumped by 55 percent from 1,58,877 as of 2009-10, Tamil Nadu had a share of 15.7 percent, compared to Gujarat’s 11.5 percent, Maharashtra’s 10.3 percent, Andhra Pradesh’s 6.8 percent, and Uttar Pradesh’s 6.5 percent. 

Upon comparing percentages, it was revealed that in 2019-20, Tamil Nadu’s share of the total was 15.75%, with the state contributing 38,837 out of a total of 246,504 factories. By 2022-23, Tamil Nadu’s share had decreased to 15.66%, with the state contributing 39,672 factories out of a total of 253,334 factories. This represents a reduction in Tamil Nadu’s share by 0.09% over this period.

However, TRB Rajaa did not seem to like his lie being exposed. Instantly, he “hid” this particular reply from his comments section so others are not able to see the truth.

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