Every month, a million young Indians become ready to join the industrial workforce. Who can generate enough jobs?
A FEW WEEKS ago, a Delhi-based business daily scooped a story about how the centre, worried by the increased demand for rural jobs due to drought conditions, had told state governments to stop generating more jobs under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS). In its wisdom, it had used a popular messaging site, Whatsapp, for the communication, which was probably how the news leaked out.
Although the ministry of rural development vehemently denied the report, it is well known that the government has little regard for this 10-year-old programme, which has created 19.84 billion person days of employment benefitting 276 million workers.
The disregard for MGNREGS is inconsistent with the dismal job scenario in the country, especially as a pathetic number of jobs has been added since the NDA government came to power in 2014, riding on its promise to provide jobs for millions of youth. The figures are not just discouraging, but utterly crushing. In 2015 only 1.5 lakh jobs were added, compared to 11 lakh jobs in 2011.
These figures have to be seen in the context of the number of unemployed people that are added every month. India adds a million people every month to the industrial workforce and needs to create 115 million non-farm jobs over the next 10 years to ensure the country is able to reap demographic dividends. This is admittedly a humongous task and the impossibility of achieving even 10 percent of this target is staring at the government.
Bu hikaye Hardnews dergisinin November 2016 sayısından alınmıştır.
Start your 7-day Magzter GOLD free trial to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 9,000+ magazines and newspapers.
Already a subscriber ? Giriş Yap
Bu hikaye Hardnews dergisinin November 2016 sayısından alınmıştır.
Start your 7-day Magzter GOLD free trial to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 9,000+ magazines and newspapers.
Already a subscriber? Giriş Yap
The Making Of A Hard State
By ratcheting up nationalistic sentiments to a fever pitch, the BJP is trying to reap political dividends.
The Business Of Encounters
The UP police claim that it has seized over ₹146 crore from ‘gangsters’ in the state in a matter of 11 months deserves closer scrutiny as allegations mount of arbitrariness in seizing properties
Cases 1000, 2000, 3000, 4000: What Is Happening To Netanyahu
Everything you need to know about the cases against Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu
India's Botched-up Id Project
The SC verdict in the ongoing case to ascertain the constitutional validity of Aadhaar will have far-reaching consequences
A 'Softer' Islam, For A Moderate Modi
DESPITE BEING UNDERRATED and under editorialised by the Indian media, there is nothing that anyone can really take away from the importance of the event organised by the Indian Islamic and Cultural Centre (IICC) to provide a forum for the visiting King of Jordan, His Majesty, King Abdullah II, to expound his views on the moderate nature of Islam and the imperative to fight radical Islam.
Net Neutrality and an Open Internet
In recent years, the campaign to maintain citizen's right to the Internet - and protect them from practices that would benefit only a few - has become firece and noisy.
Referendum on Cash Ban
If early polling is anything to go by, then the assembly elections across five states could mean an all or nothing scenario for the BJP
changing the demonetisation narrative like a chameleon changes colours
no matter what the spin around the note ban, it is clear the move was a politically expedient decision rather than a principled policy move.
Come and See The Blood In The Streets
Incidents of violence targetting the minorities have become routine in the last 16 months. Prime Minister Modis government has done little to shun the belief that the culprits dont enjoy its patronage.
The Gates of Memory: Two Hundred Years Of Silence
People take part in a ceremony at the monument "The Gates of Memory"near the village of Trostenets.
