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Why are so many young Indians struggling to get jobs?

Business Daily

BBC

Business

4.4816 Ratings

🗓️ 4 June 2024

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

India has just finished its marathon elections and as the new government takes charge we take a look at one of its biggest challenges - rising youth unemployment.

With an average age of 29 years, India’s population is one of the youngest globally, but job creation for them hasn’t been easy in this fast growing economy.

The BBC’s Devina Gupta travels to Delhi to talks to students and first time job seekers about this growing job crisis and what can be done to solve it.

Presenter and producer: Devina Gupta

(Image: young men in Delhi waiting for the labour chow. Credit: Devina Gupta)

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello and Namaste. I'm Debeina Gupta.

0:03.0

And on Business Daily today, we head to India,

0:07.0

which has just wrapped up at six weeks long marathon elections.

0:11.0

But as the votes are counted and a new government is formed,

0:17.0

we take a look at one of its biggest challenges yet. Rising Youth Unemployment.

0:24.7

Company that comes first to a campus, if they're hiring around 23, they just hired 10 or below 10.

0:30.1

India is among the fastest growing global economies. But it has struggled to generate enough

0:35.7

jobs for the millions of young Indians entering the labor market every year.

0:40.6

The trouble is that these rapidly growing services, they are growing in output but not that much in employment.

0:47.1

We talk to recruiters and experts about what they are seeing.

0:51.6

A lot is desired about how you unlearn and how do you relearn.

0:56.5

People who use technology will replace people who don't.

1:00.0

And so I travel to India's capital, Delhi, to find out how the deepening job crisis is affecting India's young.

1:09.0

I start my journey at Hansstarch College. is affecting India's young.

1:14.6

I start my journey at Hansrach College, which is one of India's premier educational institutes.

1:18.6

As India's economy shifts away from the manufacturing

1:22.6

to the services sector, colleges like this one are preparing the next generation of workers.

1:29.5

This college has an old building which is made of red brick and white stones.

1:35.4

Today is the last day of the session.

1:38.1

And so students are hanging out in large groups.

1:41.0

They are laughing, they're sad.

1:43.0

It's a sea of color from where I'm standing.

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