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Akash Sama­roo

Econ­o­mist Dr Vaalmi­ki Ar­joon says that while the Gov­ern­ment’s pro­posed em­ploy­ment dri­ve will in­crease the na­tion­al wage bill, the eco­nom­ic ben­e­fits are ex­pect­ed to out­weigh the costs.

How­ev­er he cau­tions that due to the coun­try’s cur­rent fi­nan­cial po­si­tion, va­can­cies should be filled in a phased ba­sis.