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NEW DELHI: Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday targeted the Centre on 'Make in India' and alleged that the government has failed to realise the initiative due to "complete inaction" in creating jobs and utilising funds..
He posed several questions on why the government did not create enough jobs and on the under-utilisation of funds in key sectors to promote manufacturing in the country...
Posing several questions, the Congress chief asked why the value added by manufacturing in India's GDP declined from 16 per cent to 13 per cent over the past decade...
"It was 7.85 per cent during Congress-UPA which dropped to almost 6 per cent only," he said.. Recalling that the Centre had promised 10 crore manufacturing jobs by 2022, Kharge asked, "Where are those jobs?.
Kharge also claimed that zero funds have been provided for the PLI scheme in the renewables sector and 95 per cent of funds for the scheme in white goods for manufacture of components and sub-assemblies of ACs and LEDs remain unused.. "How did the percentage increase in India's exports, which was 549 per cent during Congress-UPA, fell to just 90 per cent during the Modi government?" he asked...
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