Bihar CM confident of achieving goal of 20 lakh jobs by next year

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday said the Mahagathbandhan government in the state will attain its target of providing 20 lakh jobs to its youths by next year.
The government has ensured at least 30 per cent job reservation for women and has always given top priority to educating girls as an all-round development of society cannot be achieved without women, he said addressing the Independence Day function at Gandhi Maidan here.
He lambasted the Narendra Modi government at the Centre for not giving special status to Bihar, which, he claimed would have made unimaginable progress had the long-standing demand for it was met.
“We are making do with whatever resources we can marshal,” he said.
Maintaining communal harmony and peace in the state and providing better health facilities are the top priority of the Bihar government, the chief minister said.
“Last year, we had announced 10 lakh government jobs to the youths of Bihar and an additional 10 lakh employment opportunities in various sectors. We have done a lot in this regard and the target will be attained by next year. More than 1.50 lakh youths have already got government jobs in the state in the last one year and more than 3.62 additional posts have been created in different departments for which the recruitment process will start very soon”.