Ola, Uber created over 2 million jobs: NITI Aayog CEO Kant

The government think tank NITI Aayog's CEO Amitabh Kant said ride-hailing startups Ola and Uber have created about 2.2 million jobs in India. This comes after a Business Standard report quoted an unreleased government survey as saying India's unemployment rate rose to a 45-year high of 6.1% during 2017-2018. In 2017-18 transport sector raised almost 3.4 million jobs, Kant added.