Govt targets 11.9m new jobs in 5 yrs
20th December, 2020 11:19:19
The government is aiming to create 11.9 million jobs in the next five years riding on an 8 per cent plus GDP growth with the hope of speedy post-Covid-19 economic recovery.
The target is being set in the final draft of the upcoming 8th five-year plan that the Planning Commission is now preparing incorporating the pandemic impacts, Planning Commission sources said.
General Economics Division (GED) has prepared a preliminary concept paper on Employment Projection for the Eighth Five-Year Plan Period.”
“Coronavirus pandemic won’t affect the projected jobs and growth that much as corona situation is expected to cool down within one year,” commented Dr Shamsul Aalam, the chief of General Economics Division (GED).