How Do You Solve a Problem Like Joblessness in India?
6 years, 2 months ago

How Do You Solve a Problem Like Joblessness in India?

The Quint  

To compound the issue, what is truly baffling is the idea of ‘gainful employment’ for 460 million Indian workers that focuses on improved quality of work and the income derived from it. Government schemes like ‘Skill India’, ‘Make in India’, ‘Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme’, ‘Pradhan Mantri Rojgar Protsahan Yojana’, and ‘Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana’ aimed at more fulfilling, more rewarding, and more productive work for our workforce, are significant, but there have been no green shoots yet. And it’s worrisome as apparently 90 percent of India’s labour force – primarily low-skilled or unskilled – are employed in the nation’s informal economy. Worrisome still is the UNESCO report stating that India will achieve universal primary education by 2050, universal lower secondary education in 2060, and universal upper secondary education in 2085.

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Stagnant wages amid fast economic growth: We need an Indian Enlightenment
2 days, 15 hours ago

Stagnant wages amid fast economic growth: We need an Indian Enlightenment

Live Mint  

India’s economic growth story has been impressive. Wage stagnation amid rising inflation: The disparity between India’s economic growth and stagnant wages is stark. Chief economic advisor V. Anantha Nageswaran warns that low wages could stifle India’s long-term potential by weakening consumer demand and the quality of life for millions. This is not the template for a ‘Viksit Bharat.’ The paradox …

Bridging India's Skill Gap: Addressing the Employability Challenge
4 days, 15 hours ago

Bridging India's Skill Gap: Addressing the Employability Challenge

The Quint  

Peoplefy works closely with Large GCCs and IT Companies for their niche talent needs. According to a 2023 report by the India Skills Report, only 48.7% of the Indian workforce is deemed employable, highlighting a massive gap between education and industry requirements. The report also emphasizes that while India's literacy rate is around 77.7%, literacy does not equate to employability. …

How govt wants to produce 80 million skilled Indian grads for global workforce by 2035
6 days, 12 hours ago

How govt wants to produce 80 million skilled Indian grads for global workforce by 2035

The Hindu  

In a major effort towards enhancing the employability of India’s youth, the University Grants Commission has unveiled a set of guidelines for embedding skill-based courses and micro-credentials into the higher education framework. “This initiative reflects our commitment to creating a vibrant, adaptable education system that prepares India’s youth for emerging opportunities,” the UGC Chairman added while unveiling the guidelines a …

Upskilling India's Workforce: A Roadmap for the Future Economy
3 months ago

Upskilling India's Workforce: A Roadmap for the Future Economy

Hindustan Times  

The article highlights the need for India to invest in skill development and upskilling its workforce to address the challenges of a rapidly changing job market. The government's recent policy aims to enhance skill development for its youth through various initiatives, including the Skill India Mission and the launch of a new scheme focused on collaborative efforts between state and …

Lack of industries in Bihar push youth to vie for government jobs
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Lack of industries in Bihar push youth to vie for government jobs

The Hindu  

“Karo to sarkari naukari, nahi to becho tarkari”, says Ranjeet Kumar, an unemployed youth, who, along with two female companions, spend three hours at a community park in Rajendra Nagar in Patna every evening to prepare for government jobs. “Here in the park, there is a peaceful atmosphere to hold group discussions, which help us prepare better for the job,” …

Job Creation Seems Better Than Before but What About Quality and Sustainability?
5 months, 1 week ago

Job Creation Seems Better Than Before but What About Quality and Sustainability?

The Quint  

India's job market landscape presents a complex narrative, characterised by both positive indicators and underlying anxieties. The Reserve Bank of India recently published 'Measuring Productivity at the Industry Level-The India KLEMS Database,' providing data on employment trends across 27 key industries in India. The database, spanning FY 1980-81 to 2022-23 aims to provide critical data points on economic output, worker …

Budget 2024: Why It’s Right Time to Propel ‘Skill India’ as an Employment Engine - News18
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Budget 2024: Why It’s Right Time to Propel ‘Skill India’ as an Employment Engine - News18

News 18  

The upcoming Union Budget on July 23 will shed light on initiatives that may reshape economic priorities under the Modi 3.0 government. The decision to rename the Cabinet Committee on Employment and Skill Development to include livelihood emphasises a shift to provide employable skills to the most vulnerable—67 per cent of the country’s underprivileged population. The rebranding and revitalisation of …

Economic Survey 2023-24: Only 51% graduates employable
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Economic Survey 2023-24: Only 51% graduates employable

The Hindu  

According to the Economic Survey 2023-24, 65% of India’s fast-growing population is under the age of 35, and many lack the skills needed by a modern economy. The 2022-23 Annual Report of the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship notes, “as per National Single SignOn, 2011-12 report on Status of Education and Vocational Training in India, among persons of age …

Centre questions Citigroup’s report on employment in India
6 months ago

Centre questions Citigroup’s report on employment in India

The Hindu  

The Union Labour Ministry questioned the findings of a report prepared by the United States-based banking giant Citigroup and said the group failed to account for the “comprehensive and positive employment data” available from official sources such as the Periodic Labour Force Survey and the Reserve Bank of India’s capital, labour, energy, material and services data. The Citigroup’s report had …

Young, restless & jobless in the most populous country
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Young, restless & jobless in the most populous country

New Indian Express  

Worse is the plight of the educated young, who reported high rates of joblessness—increasing sharply from around 14.4 percent in 2012 to 26.3 percent in 2019 and declining to 21.8 percent in 2022. Among the educated men with secondary or higher educational, the unemployment rate doubled from 11.9 percent in 2012 to 24.2 percent in 2019 and 20.3 percent in …

How to create more jobs for India’s educated youth | In Focus podcast
9 months, 1 week ago

How to create more jobs for India’s educated youth | In Focus podcast

The Hindu  

The India Employment Report 2024, released recently by the International Labour Organisation, paints a grim picture. The news is particularly bad on two critical counts: joblessness is particularly high among the youth, and its worse for the educated youth. According to the report, India’s youth account for 83% of the unemployed workforce, with the share of the educated youth among …

Can India Ensure Living Wages at a Time When Workers Struggle for Minimum Wage?
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Can India Ensure Living Wages at a Time When Workers Struggle for Minimum Wage?

The Quint  

Recruitment happened through middlemen, the pay was based on piecework, and most workers preferred daily wages to avoid deductions for benefits from their already meagre income of Rs 300. Even though company hostels provided them with shelter, migrant workers were still classified as daily wage earners, receiving no benefits. Although these workers perform industrial work, qualifying them as organised sector …

Employment scenario in India grim, says ILO report
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Employment scenario in India grim, says ILO report

The Hindu  

India’s youth account for almost 83% of the unemployed workforce and the share of youngsters with secondary or higher education in the total unemployed youth has almost doubled from 35.2% in 2000 to 65.7% in 2022, as per the India Employment Report 2024 released by the International Labour Organisation and the Institute of Human Development here on Tuesday. Paradoxical improvements …

Government can’t solve all social, economic problems such as unemployment: CEA
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Government can’t solve all social, economic problems such as unemployment: CEA

The Hindu  

March 26, 2024 09:54 pm | Updated March 27, 2024 12:31 pm IST - NEW DELHI Asserting that it was incorrect to think that government intervention could solve every social and economic challenge, Chief Economic Advisor V. Anantha Nageswaran on March 27 contended that a diagnosis was easier than the solution when it concerned problems like unemployment. Speaking at the …

Labour and its discontents
1 year, 3 months ago

Labour and its discontents

Hindustan Times  

There is a widespread consensus that employment generation is India’s central economic challenge. At one level, it can be argued that failure to reduce the employment share of agriculture is India’s biggest labour market challenge. At another, it can also be argued that the quality of non-agricultural jobs, caste-based inequalities in labour markets and a big gender gap in employment …

Jobs for the young must be a key policy priority
1 year, 7 months ago

Jobs for the young must be a key policy priority

Hindustan Times  

Economic data published this week turned my attention to economics, economies, and the numbers or statistics that make up the raw material that economists study. But he found that mathematical calculations very often produced wrong results, so preferring to be, as he put it, roughly right rather than absolutely wrong, he joined the World Bank, There, he held senior positions …

Poor Laws, Living Standards: Is There a Way Out for India's Child Labourers?
1 year, 8 months ago

Poor Laws, Living Standards: Is There a Way Out for India's Child Labourers?

The Quint  

Adversity-free childhood is perhaps the most desirable feature to ensure better human capital. This alarming adversity is backed by a pronounced commitment to Sustainable Development Goal 8 with a target to eliminate all child labour by 2025, which remains far from getting realised in this decade. Along with an encouraging trend of the declining magnitude of this phenomenon in India …

Our love of government jobs isn’t good for the economy
2 years, 2 months ago

Our love of government jobs isn’t good for the economy

Live Mint  

Last week, pictures and videos of youth travelling through the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh to write the exam for the Uttar Pradesh Preliminary Eligibility Test went viral. The report pointed out: “According to the study the total emoluments of a General Helper, who is the lowest ranked employee in the government is ₹22,579, more than two times the …

Explained: Here's why skill development is a key to inclusive growth
2 years, 5 months ago

Explained: Here's why skill development is a key to inclusive growth

India Today  

Enabling the next working generation to develop skills can reduce the current economic burden. When skill development is undertaken with the focus on contributing to structural transformation, it automatically results in labour productivity, enabling public and private investment in education and better economic growth. While India deals with skills deficit challenges, better access to skill development opportunities can bridge the …

Globalisation of Indian education in the post-pandemic age
2 years, 5 months ago

Globalisation of Indian education in the post-pandemic age

India Today  

The new national education policy released by the government of India in 2020 outlines a grand outlook for the future of education in India, presenting a sweeping vision for the higher education institutions in India. The learning accumulated in Indian educational institutions is an advantage, and our ability to quickly scale educational offerings, particularly in engineering, to meet growing needs …

Unemployment crisis in India is an invisible epidemic
2 years, 5 months ago

Unemployment crisis in India is an invisible epidemic

The Hindu  

Published : Jul 24, 2022 18:00 IST Shalini Ghosh runs a fairly popular boutique chain selling ethnic garments and gift items from West Bengal. Going by the CMIE statistics, one State that has witnessed a high level of unemployment among graduates is Bihar, with 34.2 per cent of its graduate workforce without a job. Speaking to Frontline, Jawhar Sircar, a …

Create more jobs, revamp employment policy
2 years, 6 months ago

Create more jobs, revamp employment policy

The Hindu  

The Government of India has recently announced its plan to create 10 lakh government jobs in the next 18 months. The share of contract workers in total government employment has been increasing rapidly in recent years — from 11.11 lakh in 2017 to 13.25 lakh in 2020 and to 24.31 lakh in 2021. The urban programme should include: basic urban …

Looking beyond the joblessness number
2 years, 6 months ago

Looking beyond the joblessness number

Hindustan Times  

Unemployment rates are often looked at as the ultimate measure of a country’s ability to create employment. While they are indeed an important metric as far as the labour market is concerned, there is a need to look beyond the headline unemployment number, especially in the case of emerging market economies such as India. The 2020-21 PLFS report – it …

What forced PM Modi's jobs push now
2 years, 7 months ago

What forced PM Modi's jobs push now

India Today  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has reviewed the status of human resources in all central government ministries and departments and ordered the recruitment of 10 lakh people in a mission mode in the next 18 months,” the PM's Office said in a tweet on Tuesday. — PMO India June 14, 2022 Tuesday’s tweet from the PMO follows protests by frustrated job …

'Factually incorrect': Centre rubbishes reports of Indians losing hope for work
2 years, 8 months ago

'Factually incorrect': Centre rubbishes reports of Indians losing hope for work

India TV News  

Highlights Labour force and workforce in the country increased during 2017-18 to 2019-20, govt said There has been an increase in the female labour force, the govt further said Employment is the primary concern of the Government of India, it said Ministry of Labour and Employment on Tuesday said that reports stating half of the working-age population has lost hope …

Wrong to infer that half of working age population dropped out of labour force: Government
2 years, 8 months ago

Wrong to infer that half of working age population dropped out of labour force: Government

The Hindu  

Responding to a recent report of the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy, the Union Labour and Employment Ministry on Tuesday said it was “factually incorrect” to infer that half the working age population had dropped out of the labour force as a large proportion was pursuing education or engaged in unpaid activities such as caregiving. A substantial portion of working …

With no jobs, millions of Indians are exiting the labour force
2 years, 8 months ago

With no jobs, millions of Indians are exiting the labour force

Al Jazeera  

Frustrated with the lack of good jobs, more than half of the 900 million Indians of working age no longer want one. Now, more than half of the 900 million Indians of legal working age — roughly the population of the U.S. and Russia combined — don’t want a job, according to the CMIE. “The large share of discouraged workers …

India’s GDP can grow to $40 trillion if working-age population gets employment: CII report
2 years, 9 months ago

India’s GDP can grow to $40 trillion if working-age population gets employment: CII report

The Hindu  

India’s Gross Domestic Product can grow from the current $3 trillion to $9 trillion by 2030, and $40 trillion by 2047, if the country’s working-age population — which is expected to increase by over 100 million people between 2020-30, is productively employed, according to a report by the Confederation of Indian Industry. ‘Golden period’ “The golden period of 30 years …

The era of an unemployed India
2 years, 9 months ago

The era of an unemployed India

The Hindu  

Reports on and the visuals of the recent agitations by railway job applicants reveal a widespread problem of massive job insecurity among India’s youth. One such index is the downward pressure unleashed by the influx of overqualified youth aspiring for middle and lower rung government jobs, which, despite their modest pay, are highly coveted given the greater job security ascribed …

India’s economy and the challenge of informality
2 years, 11 months ago

India’s economy and the challenge of informality

The Hindu  

Since 2016, the Government has made several efforts to formalise the economy. Currency demonetisation, introduction of the Goods and Services Tax, digitalisation of financial transactions and enrolment of informal sector workers on numerous government Internet portals are all meant to encourage the formalisation of the economy. Transformation in Asia The defining characteristic of economic development is a movement of low-productivity …

Delhi education revolution 2.0: After schools, AAP shifts focus to building capacity for skills training
4 years, 2 months ago

Delhi education revolution 2.0: After schools, AAP shifts focus to building capacity for skills training

Firstpost  

The Delhi Skills and Entrepreneurship University brings industry and academia’s respected individuals together to build an institution that is agile and sensitive to the market’s requirements Delhi’s economy is recovering after the COVID-19 shock because of the teamwork of people, businesses, traders, workers, and the government. A few days back, the Delhi government took an important step towards this goal …

By 2030, more than half of 12th-passed Indians will lack the skills to get jobs: Unicef
5 years, 2 months ago

By 2030, more than half of 12th-passed Indians will lack the skills to get jobs: Unicef

India Today  

South Asia is at a critical juncture right now. A recent press release by the Unicef lists the population percentage in each South Asian country who are on track to complete secondary education and also reach their learning benchmarks by 2030. Read: Why 33% of formally trained youth remained unemployed in 2017-18 alone: Need for skill development Special edition of …

Skill India, Start-up India need collaboration with education: UNICEF Executive Director
5 years, 2 months ago

Skill India, Start-up India need collaboration with education: UNICEF Executive Director

India Today  

The Indian government's flagship initiatives like Skill India and Start-Up India is a good beginning to address the need of imparting skill training and education necessary for employment to the youth, but these programmes need to be put together with the education system, said UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore on Wednesday. She said that UNICEF will aim to impart skill …

Mamata Banerjee urges youth to 'seek for answers on growing joblessness', day after she slammed Centre over unemployment
5 years, 5 months ago

Mamata Banerjee urges youth to 'seek for answers on growing joblessness', day after she slammed Centre over unemployment

Firstpost  

A day after slamming the Centre for the highest unemployment rate in the country in 45 years, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee urged the youngsters to raise questions on growing joblessness. Kolkata: A day after slamming the Centre for the highest unemployment rate in the country in 45 years, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday urged the youngsters …

33% of India’s skilled youth jobless: official survey
5 years, 5 months ago

33% of India’s skilled youth jobless: official survey

Live Mint  

Reiterating the government’s commitment to the 'Skill India' initiative in her maiden budget speech, India’s finance minister, Nirmala Sitharaman claimed that the government is enabling millions to take up industry-relevant skill training, boosting their job prospects. Only a small section of the youth reported receiving any vocational training, and a large share of them were either unemployed or out of …

Employment generation remains the toughest job
5 years, 6 months ago

Employment generation remains the toughest job

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The greatest challenge that the Narendra Modi-led government faces in its second term is that of job creation. At the same time, the share of workers with a regular job was also higher than that recorded in any other official jobs survey in the past. As a Mint analysis based on data from annual reports of companies and …

Employment generation remains the toughest job
5 years, 6 months ago

Employment generation remains the toughest job

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The greatest challenge that the Narendra Modi-led government faces in its second term is that of job creation. At the same time, the share of workers with a regular job was also higher than that recorded in any other official jobs survey in the past. As a Mint analysis based on data from annual reports of companies and …

Work undone: How India fails its young job seekers
5 years, 7 months ago

Work undone: How India fails its young job seekers

Al Jazeera  

As India goes to polls, Al Jazeera looks at its intensifying unemployment crisis and the politics that surround it. But just today an interviewer told me I’m too qualified,” said the 24-year-old, who is a Dalit – one of the former “untouchable” caste who still face segregation and social exclusion in India. The politics of unemployment In India’s ongoing national …

State of Working India Report 2019: Country's unemployment crisis is real; boosting investments in health, education can work wonders
5 years, 8 months ago

State of Working India Report 2019: Country's unemployment crisis is real; boosting investments in health, education can work wonders

Firstpost  

The biggest challenge regarding employment in the country is the gap between demand and supply. The Azim Premji University’s Centre for Sustainable Employment has just released its report, State of Working India Report 2019. The State of Working India Report 2019 proposes a universal basic service scheme for employment generation. The solution which State of India report 2019 suggests is …

In job markets, a higher education degree is often a road to nowhere
5 years, 11 months ago

In job markets, a higher education degree is often a road to nowhere

Live Mint  

Hyderabad/Bengaluru: At 19, Kalyan Reddy is like any other college-goer: ambitious, vulnerable and unsure of his future. Most of the recent notifications for government job vacancies have been for the post of a constable in the police department, not university jobs which many qualified candidates have been waiting for, he says. “Students enrol themselves in public universities to get a …

Read India must come before Skill India
5 years, 11 months ago

Read India must come before Skill India

Firstpost  

The recently released Annual Status of Education Report, India’s largest NGO-run yearly survey, paints a distressing picture of basic reading and arithmetic abilities of students: with 25 per cent of students completing Class 8 without any reading competency, and over 50 per cent unable to even divide numbers. When we ask him whether he too wants to be a contractor, …

NSSO data confirms India's jobs crisis: Unemployment at 45-year high of 6.1%, way out is to make economy grow
5 years, 11 months ago

NSSO data confirms India's jobs crisis: Unemployment at 45-year high of 6.1%, way out is to make economy grow

Firstpost  

The problem of unemployment is very serious and the only way to go ahead is to make the economy grow which happens gradually over time. The Business Standard report has focused on the unemployment rates among men and women youth in both urban and rural areas, which does require an explanation as it is quite deep-rooted and scary. The report …

Opinion | India’s education sector needs a quantum shift
5 years, 11 months ago

Opinion | India’s education sector needs a quantum shift

Live Mint  

The quality of education has a direct bearing on any economy. While Prime Minister Narendra Modi had said on 26 September 2014 that there is no dearth of talent in India and “Mars success should be made an opportunity to make the world aware of Indian talent”, the ASER report shows Indian children have a huge learning deficit. The highly …

Blueprint for job creation by January-end: Piyush Goyal
5 years, 11 months ago

Blueprint for job creation by January-end: Piyush Goyal

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The government will come out with a blueprint for creating high-paying jobs for the youth as it tries to assess the job situation on the ground and fix the problems, Railway minister Piyush Goyal said on Tuesday. “The government, economists and think tanks need to engage more to find more paying and quality employment opportunities for the youth …

On National Youth Day, know how India can close its massive skill gap and deal with unemployment
6 years ago

On National Youth Day, know how India can close its massive skill gap and deal with unemployment

India Today  

National Youth Day is celebrated every year in India on the birth date of Swami Vivekananda, born on January 12, 1863. "To meet the constantly changing job scenarios and to keep yourself updated, skilling has become a must for every working professional," Gupta says, adding that quality upskilling could help the Indian economy manage this skill gap. Here is why …

India in dire need of entrepreneurs with right skill training support: Here's why
6 years, 1 month ago

India in dire need of entrepreneurs with right skill training support: Here's why

India Today  

India's economy has grown considerably well during the past few years, with its GDP growth rate rising from 5.6 per cent in 2012-13 to 8.2 per cent in 2018-19. Read: 3 things corporate India could learn from the West Hiring trends in other countries: While countries like Japan, China, Taiwan and US are growing old, they are now hiring young …

Has economic growth in India been jobless?
6 years, 1 month ago

Has economic growth in India been jobless?

Live Mint  

New Delhi: With the election season upon us, the discourse has already shifted to jobs. According to the World Bank, this is both an unfair and fair criticism: Economic growth has created jobs but just not enough or of the right quality. In a report published earlier this year, as part of its South Asia Economic Focus series, the World …

18.6 million without jobs in India this year, unemployment rate to stand at 3.5 per cent in 2019
6 years, 2 months ago

18.6 million without jobs in India this year, unemployment rate to stand at 3.5 per cent in 2019

India Today  

Many would argue that the core objective behind education is to gainful employability. According to the International Labour Organisation, India will again see its unemployment rate at 3.5 per cent in 2018 and 2019, the same which was seen in 2017 and 2016. Quality institutions are less in India The reason behind this is that India has a small number …

Indian youth not equipped to avail current career opportunities: Shashi Tharoor
6 years, 2 months ago

Indian youth not equipped to avail current career opportunities: Shashi Tharoor

India TV News  

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor Thursday said India was staring at a "demographic disaster" as a major section of the country's youth was not yet equipped to take advantage of the job opportunities that the current century has to offer. He also made a pitch for policies to provide "right kind of education", including skill development and vocational training, to youngsters …

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