Budget estimates carry economic lies

When we celebrate job growth in the informal sector, its a tactic to absolve the political elite from responsibility of failure to create decent jobs to the youth.

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The Economic Survey is out. We are also in the season where the government publishes statistics on the budget. They have made an art form of manipulation of statistics.

Take the case of unemployment statistics for example. The statistics from the Economic Survey show that the informal sector created the highest number of jobs- a total of 703,704 jobs in 2024.

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Note: The results are not exact but very close to the actual.