JAMMU, July 3 -- Senior BJP leader and former Deputy Chief Minister Kavinder Gupta said that the approval of the Employment Linked Incentive (ELI) Scheme by the Union Cabinet will prove to be a transformative step towards large-scale job creation and formalization of the workforce, especially among the youth of the country.

Speaking at the meeting held here today, the BJP stalwart said that under the visionary leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the central government has taken a historic step with an outlay of Rs. 99,446 crore to support the creation of over 3.5 crore jobs across the country over the next two years. He said that Jammu and Kashmir, like other states, will benefit immensely from this scheme as it will provide opport...