Adequate jobs created in last 4 years: NITI Aayog

New Delhi: Dismissing the National Sample Survey Office's (NSSO's) periodic labour force survey (PLFS) report, the NITI Aayog defended the government by saying that it is unfair to publish a draft report as the data is still under process.

According to the report, the country's unemployment rate stood at a 45-year-high of 6.1 percent in 2017-18. The vice chairman of NITI Aayog Rajiv Kumar called the report 'leaked' and 'not-finalized'. It is not a final draft, he added.

In a new survey, the data is collected through computer-assisted personal interview method. In 2017-18, the unemployment rate is at 6.1 and the country's growth is not possible with this rising unemployment rate, he added.

The report landed in controversy when two members including P.C. Mohanan, who is the head of National Statistical Commission had resigned on Monday. On Wednesday, Kumar and his colleague J. Meenakshi were not happy with the non-publication of the job's data.

Speaking to media, he said, our country needs 7-8 millions of jobs and we have created an adequate number of jobs in the last four years.