Unemployment
In India’s youngest state, the battle for a government job isn’t just about finding a livelihood. It is about finding something even more illusive: honour.
Musallahpur Hat is to Bihar what Kota is to India – it is where students from across the state make their way in droves, seeking teaching and training that helps them ace competitive government recruitment exams. The neighbourhood is a complete ecosystem: this is where aspirants live, this is where they study. Every coaching institute has a branch here; every shop here is attuned to student interest, selling everything from recycled books to filtered water.
And yet, Musallahpur Hat is where it is starkly clear: the story of Bihari youth’s hopes and aspirations starts in these lanes and also ends here. Most aspirants who come here end up without naukri, jobs, and realise that it has also left them bereft of ijjat, honour.
https://thewire.in/politics/in-bihar-the-unending-wait-and-struggles-for-naukriand-ijjat
bt Kunal Purohit
10/11/2025
नौकरी पर जवाबदेही से बचती सरकार, आर्थिक सर्वे में बहानों की भरमार https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-B26FJEoIs
Ravish Kumar Official Jul 23, 2024
आर्थिक सर्वेक्षण में नौकरी और नौकरी के डेटा को लेकर काफी कुछ कहा गया है। इस सर्वे में केंद्र सरकार अपनी जवाबदेही प्राइवेट सेक्टर और राज्यों पर टालती नज़र आ रही है। हमने पड़ताल की है कि कैसे रोज़गार के डेटा को खत्म किया गया और अब कहा जा रहा है कि सही समय पर डेटा होना चाहिए। इन बहानों पर इस रिपोर्ट को देखिए। आर्थिक सर्वे को ख़ुद भी पढ़िए और हिन्दी में मौलिक विचार-विमर्श कीजिए।
How India is becoming a young country but with an ageing workforce https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-economics/explainspeaking-india-young-workforce-8903202/ Udit Misra August 23, 2023
An analysis of India’s workforce, sourced from CMIE’s Economic Outlook data, shows that while India may be the country with the most youthful population, its workforce is rapidly ageing. In other words, the young are increasingly getting driven out of the job market.
https://economicoutlook.cmie.com/
Unemployment Rate Falls To 7.7% In May On Decline In Labour Participation: CMIE https://www.outlookindia.com/business/unemployment-rate-falls-to-7-7-in-may-on-decline-in-labour-participation-cmie-news-293767 PTI 11 Jun 2023 Unemployment rate in India among people aged 15 years and above was 8.5 per cent in April..The unemployment rate inched down as a consequence of a fall in the labour participation, which implies a fall in the number of people who entered the labour market in search of work.
Despite growth, why Indian workers need to worry https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/indian-daily-wage-workers-gdp-growth-employment-nrega-9082576/ Ishan Bakshi December 26, 2023 India’s workforce rose from around 460 million in 2017-18 to roughly 560 million in 2022-23 — an increase of 100 million workers over a five-year period. But, during this period, employment in the more productive manufacturing sector grew by just a shade above two million on average each year, while in the less productive agriculture sector, it rose by more than eight million. (The absolute numbers are based on population projections).
Notions of empowerment via self-employment ring hollow considering their meagre earnings. Not only have real incomes (adjusting for inflation) of self-employed women in rural areas barely risen, but they actually earn less compared to others.
This combination of a rapidly growing workforce, where new entrants are more reliant on less productive forms of employment in the least productive sectors, and an investment cycle that is more dependent on governments and households than the corporate sector, calls for a more measured, nuanced assessment of the country’s growth prospects.
It should be a matter of concern that this seemingly healthy economic momentum has, so far, not translated into a commensurate increase in more productive employment opportunities for the millions entering the labour force every year.
While the PM tried to hard sell this ‘before and after’ picture of his 10-year rule, it was left to the father of a Gujarati youth killed in the Ukraine war while serving the Russian army to deliver a stern reality check. https://thewire.in/economy/delusions-of-modinomics-cannot-hide-the-gloom-which-is-all-around-us
Joblessness has peaked in India during the the BJP-led regime, whatever his spin doctors might argue. I distinctly remember Modi telling enthusiastic youth in UP and Bihar during the 2014 election campaign, “You give me 10 years and I will transform your lives”. Well, Modi has had ten years already and he has just ended up seeking the return of desperate Indian youth fighting other people’s wars abroad because there are no jobs in India.
by M.K. Venu
11/07/2024
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