Kolkata: On Monday, the West Bengal government - the Trinamool Congress
(TMC) claimed that it had created 68 lakh jobs in its first five-year term.
Amit Mitra, the finance minister of the state told the Assembly that
the total number of jobs created in the state stood at 68,00,912. New
government jobs amounted to 3,96,143, out of which school teachers (primary and
secondary) accounted for 56,696. Mitra is an Indian economist and politician
representing All India Trinamool Congress and the current Finance, Commerce
& Industries Minister of the Indian state of West Bengal. Mitra previously
served as the Secretary General of the Federation of Indian Chambers of
Commerce and Industry.
Mitra said in the organized sector 35.83 lakh jobs were created
including large industry, SMES, IT, shops, cooperatives and self-employed.
In the unorganized sector total new jobs created were 28.21 lakh which
are in sectors like real estate, house-keeping, fishing, khadi and
infrastructure. Mitra said total tax collection in the last fiscal was Rs
26,050 crore.
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