Employment Under CM Jagan’s Regime: What Do the Numbers Say?

After the state’s bifurcation, deliberations on job placements in Andhra Pradesh commenced. If you want to know whether unemployment has decreased or increased in any state, you need to be aware of the details of job placements. Recently, there have been strong debates between the ruling YSRCP and the opposition TDP on the aspect of job placements in the state. According to the central government’s records, job placements have predominantly occurred under the YSRCP administration. Notably, the number of EPF accounts in 2009-19 stood at 45 lakhs, but it has now surged to 61 lakhs.

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2,76,435 jobs are filled

Party leaders assert that under the YCP government, a record-breaking number of jobs have been generated in the public sector, a feat unparalleled by any other state since independence. One might ask if the TDP government didn’t give any jobs. Although jobs were also given under the TDP rule, the numbers are too low in comparison with the current government. If we look at the details from 2014 to 2019, the TDP government recruited 35,000 employees. Since 2019, the Jagan government has recruited 2,76,435 employees until 2023, which includes regular, contract and outsourcing jobs.

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The YCP government has recruited 5,36,435 jobs in the last four years, which includes 2.6 lakh volunteers, and 2,76,435 jobs in regular, contractual, and outsourcing positions.

Sector-wise numbers in employment:

175 in Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, 372 in Fisheries, 237 in BC Welfare, 237 in Civil Supplies, 8,333 in Fuel, 101 in Finance, 3,806 in General Administration, 1,25,977 in Village Secretaries, Health, Medical, 52,126 in Family Welfare, 1,054 in Higher Education, 1 in Housing, Industries, 63 in Commerce, Electronics 2, 81 in Labour Department, 57 in Municipal & Development, 6,361 in School Education, 1,276 in Skill Development, 758 in Social Welfare, 58,388 in APSRTC, 1,175 in Tribal Welfare, 177 in Water Resources Department, 3,500 in Senior Citizen, Handicapped, Child and Women Welfare, 92 in Cultural and Tourism, 81 in Group-1, 897 in Group-2, 1,896 in Veterinary Assistant, 2,193 posts filled by DSC 2008 and 5,887 posts filled by DSC 1998.