Gandhinagar: Over 17 lakh persons in Gujarat were given jobs through employment exchanges in the last five years, making the state number one in the country in providing employment through exchanges, chief minister Bhupendra Patel said on Thursday.
Patel was speaking at a function held by the state labour and employment department as part of the good governance day celebrations. “As many as 1.67 lakh people got jobs through employment exchanges in the state this year. In all, these exchanges have helped at least 17.31 lakh people secure jobs in the last five years. Gujarat is number one in the country in providing employment through such exchanges,” Patel said. The government has also helped nearly 2 lakh trained youth in securing employment under the apprenticeship scheme from 2018-19till date, he said. On the occasion, Patel virtually inaugurated a newly-built ITI in Chhota Udepur district.
