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In push for employment generation, Modi govt mulls migration support centres, rural self-employment training institutes
Yatishyadav • 6 years agoExecution of projects to impart training and provide employment to youth has been slow due to the indifferent attitude of the local machinery.
Assam teachers mock 'chowkidar' campaign, prefix 'driver' to their names to protest state minister's comment
Syeda Ambia Zahan • 6 years agoThe protest campaign by the teachers began on Friday, after the Assam education minister compared the pass certificate of the TET with a driving license.
MP's youth votes: Examining the employability crisis that sits amidst Indore’s booming education industry
Vivanmarwaha • 6 years agoIndore's prosperity has not translated into widespread employment. It has instead created an important challenge: Aspirational young adults and millennials who find themselves unqualified for the few jobs that are available
Unemployment crisis in India: Engineers struggle for work as growth in manufacturing sector slows down
Fwire • 6 years agoThe increasing use of automation in industry, the massive number of young Indians coming onto the job market, and the regulatory hurdles that companies still face if they want to set up shop in India, are all big issues for those without work
Narendra Modi govt doesn’t want to accept that there is a job crisis, says Rahul Gandhi at interaction with students in New Delhi
• 6 years agoFiring a fresh salvo at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday alleged that the government "did not want to accept" that there was a "job crisis" in the country, and said the prime minister should hold discussions with the youth to address the issue.
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Fp Staff • 6 years agoThe rise in unemployment rate can be traced to various factors. First, farming has become very unattractive.
'No one should talk about unemployment in India': Jaggi Vasudev says problem arises due to preference for certain jobs
• 6 years ago"In this country, nobody should be talking about unemployment as there is so much to be done in India," Jaggi Vasudev said.
India suffers from a crisis of credible data, not jobs, and that makes for poor policymaking and meaningless debates
Sreemoy Talukdar • 7 years agoDisinformation over lack of jobs is so pervasive and rampant that many assumptions have become axiomatic truths.
India's unemployment crisis: 1.3 million youth need jobs every month, eight million a year, says World Bank report
Indiaspend • 7 years agoMore than 8 million jobs are needed each year to keep India's employment rate constant, as its working-age population is increasing by 1.3 million per month