Those with excessive money to decide budget for the jobless?| Ghanti Bajao

Under attack over "suppressing" a report that showed the unemployment rate at a 45-year high, the government on Thursday fielded NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar and CEO Amitabh Kant for damage control and they claimed that the data was still not finalised and will be released when "verified" and ready.The fire-fighting attempt by the duo followed reports that the government withheld the National Sample Survey Organisation's (NSSO) first 'Annual Survey on Employment and Unemployment' for the year 2017-18, an issue on which two external members --acting Chairman P.C. Mohanan and J. V. Meenakshi -- resigned.