evidence: Surjit Bhalla, former India executive director at International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Sunday claimed that on an average basis, an unprecedented number of jobs are being created under the Narendra Modi government with the number touching about 10 million over the last 7-8 years, according to a report by PTI. He further said that the least number of jobs were created during the UPA government period from 2004 to 2013 and It was then that the term ‘jobless growth’ came about. [...] Bhalla, a former member of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM), claimed that the maximum number of jobs were created during the tenure of Atal Bihari Vajpayee and PM Modi.