IT sector generated 8.73 lakh jobs in 5 years; Congress spreading falsehoods on job data: Ravi Shankar Prasad

NEW DELHI: Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad Wednesday said the IT sector has created 8.73 lakh new jobs in the past five years, as he accused the Congress of spreading blatant “falsehood” on the employment data.

“Congress is indulging in falsehoods…They have nothing to offer from their own side…I speak based on our performance not rhetoric, on facts not falsehoods,” Prasad told reporters here.

Citing the data by apex industry body Nasscom, he said the IT sector has spawned 8.73 lakh jobs in the past five years under Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government and currently provides employment to 41.40 lakh persons directly and 1.2 crore persons indirectly.