<p>Aizawl: Congress will create 1 lakh jobs if it is voted to power in the November 7 Mizoram assembly polls, a party leader said on Friday.</p>.<p>Congress media cell chairman Lalremruata Renthlei said the party will introduce the Young Mizo Entrepreneurs Programme (YmElevate) to provide startup funds and jobs to the youth.</p>.<p>"Under the programme, incubation and startup funds will be given which will help in creating more than 1 lakh jobs," Renthlei told a news conference here.</p>.<p>Renthlei said the party will also introduce 'Tang Puihna,' a monetary assistance scheme for farmers and entrepreneurs to develop sustainable economic and livelihood activities.</p>.<p>Hitting out at the ruling Mizo National Front (MNF), the Congress leader said the party had failed to create jobs and provide employment to youths.</p>.MNF, ZPM 'gateways for BJP' to Mizoram, says Sonia Gandhi.<p>He added that although the MNF claimed to have created 7,983 jobs during the last five years, only 2,218 youths got it through direct recruitment.</p>.<p>'Of the 7,983 jobs, 4,437 were merely promotions and another 1,304 were created through limited departmental examinations,' he said.</p>.<p>Renthlei claimed that only 23 per cent of jobless youths have got jobs in the last five years of MNF rule.</p>.<p>He alleged that due to the lack of employment opportunities in the state, several youths had migrated to other states and foreign countries.</p>.<p>Renthlei alleged that 250 young people died due to drug overdose in the last five years. </p>
<p>Aizawl: Congress will create 1 lakh jobs if it is voted to power in the November 7 Mizoram assembly polls, a party leader said on Friday.</p>.<p>Congress media cell chairman Lalremruata Renthlei said the party will introduce the Young Mizo Entrepreneurs Programme (YmElevate) to provide startup funds and jobs to the youth.</p>.<p>"Under the programme, incubation and startup funds will be given which will help in creating more than 1 lakh jobs," Renthlei told a news conference here.</p>.<p>Renthlei said the party will also introduce 'Tang Puihna,' a monetary assistance scheme for farmers and entrepreneurs to develop sustainable economic and livelihood activities.</p>.<p>Hitting out at the ruling Mizo National Front (MNF), the Congress leader said the party had failed to create jobs and provide employment to youths.</p>.MNF, ZPM 'gateways for BJP' to Mizoram, says Sonia Gandhi.<p>He added that although the MNF claimed to have created 7,983 jobs during the last five years, only 2,218 youths got it through direct recruitment.</p>.<p>'Of the 7,983 jobs, 4,437 were merely promotions and another 1,304 were created through limited departmental examinations,' he said.</p>.<p>Renthlei claimed that only 23 per cent of jobless youths have got jobs in the last five years of MNF rule.</p>.<p>He alleged that due to the lack of employment opportunities in the state, several youths had migrated to other states and foreign countries.</p>.<p>Renthlei alleged that 250 young people died due to drug overdose in the last five years. </p>