Revanth promised 2 lakh jobs; his government says 60,000
Congress promised two lakh government jobs in the first year. The Telangana government’s own published figure leaves 1.4 lakh still to explain, while its department-wise receipts remain conveniently absent.
The government says 60,000 jobs were filled against a promise of two lakh.
The Congress manifesto promised that “2 lakh government jobs will be filled in the first year”. It also promised an annual job calendar and a ₹4,000 monthly unemployment allowance until unemployed youth received employment or livelihood opportunities. The Telangana government has not exactly made a habit of letting the receipts interrupt the slogan.
Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy’s government says it filled 60,000 government jobs in its first year. That figure appears repeatedly in official Telangana government releases, including a September 2024 release on DSC results and a January 2026 release that says 60,000 jobs were filled in the first year and 70,000 in two years. Against the manifesto’s own 2 lakh promise, the arithmetic gap is 1.4 lakh jobs.
The 60,000 figure is an official claim, not an independently auditable dataset. The government has not published, in the records reviewed, a department-wise list showing whether the number counts selections, appointment letters, completed joining or some government-friendly mixture of all three. A notification is not an appointment, and an appointment letter is not proof that a post has been joined. The later notification for 7,437 police vacancies proves only that a recruitment process exists—not that those jobs have reached anyone.
The same problem follows the unemployment allowance. The manifesto documents the promise; the official 2026–27 Budget in Brief does not separately identify it. That does not prove there is no provision hidden under another head, but it does prove the government has not made the promised payment easy to find. Revanth Reddy’s administration is energetic with round numbers and remarkably shy with the ledger. For young people waiting for work, a promise is not a job—and a press release is not a joining report.