What does the data say about India’s unemployed, unemployable and unskilled young labour force? https://scroll.in/article/1048747/what-does-the-data-say-about-indias-unemployed-unemployable-and-unskilled-young-labour-force An excerpt from ‘The Crooked Timber of New India: Essays on a Republic in Crisis’, by Parakala Prabhakar.
32% increase in the country’s labour force means nothing if the labour force is not skilled. They will not only be unemployed, but unemployable. In the emerging scenario of work, on an average a person would be required to undergo training and upgrade her or his skills at least seven times before she or he retires. Although we enjoy a massive demographic advantage compared to the rest of the world, our labour force hopelessly lags behind in skills and training.
the ruling party at the centre and in various states where it is in power is busy creating a phobia among the Hindu majority about minority “population explosion”. This short-sighted agenda will only spawn armies of vigilantes roaming the streets that are ready to respond to dog whistles of obscurantist religious and political persuasions, which thrive on hate and violence.
A Shrestha Bharat and an Atmanirbhar Bharat is a skilled Bharat, with skilled people of all religions, regions and languages. Not just people of a preferred religion, of regions where a Hindutva electorate can be built, of a favoured and dominant language. A government genuinely invested in the Indian Republic would have woken up at least now to the urgent need to skill India. It would have started working sincerely for a common, bright future for all the daughters and sons of India.