How India Is Failing Its Educated Youth

India is the world's fastest growing major economy. Yet, it’s struggling to create jobs for its expanding population. According to research, unemployment for those aged 20 to 24 has risen to over 42%. It’s a key challenge for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who hopes to achieve developed economy status for the country by 2047.

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00:00 Introduction
01:19 India’s young population
02:09 Informal workers
03:17 Education system
04:52 Political implications
06:42 Modi’s plan

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[polaris]

The biggest problem in India is that if you dont find employment within 1 year of graduating you will never find employment because then the next batch of 24 million people come and the companies prefer freshers.

[Mehta-]

We are growing on paper but in reality our income is destroyed by inflation. Only politicians and billionaires are developing.

[PeepingTom-xydi]

The politicians will keep claiming India is shining.

[deepanshuchoudhary]

Too much pride in past can ruin your present.

That's what happening in here.

[takeshikovach]

Starting manufacturing in India is a legal nightmare.

[arulkumar]

No jobs, only 365 days Election Campaign.

[thetruthseeker]

India is one of the most unfortunate country in the world because of one of the most corrupted and uneducated politicians with no insight at all. They just fight between each other and make public statements against each other. We seriously need a political reform and independence from current political leadership/system.

[Nagvanshieus]

Meanwhile Indian media, "Modiji went to xyz country and was heavily praised"

[qnsuvop]

Situation is bad here in india... public infrastructure is of stone age, pollution is like smoking a cigarette you will feel it while riding a bike, 60% population is uncivilized they lack civic sense😢😢😢

[truthislogical]

Meanwhile some Indians are like whole world is jealous of our growth😂

[erforscher]

Thanks Bloomberg for showing this, because all the Indian news agencies are busy endorsing the Politicians.

[Desi_Midget]

Unemployment so bad, even foreign media can't ignore it. My country is getting famous for the wrong reasons 😭😭😭😭

[chrisredfield]

Foreign media doing the work of indian media, kudos to bloomberg, this was very much needed. I hope this draws enough attention of the current leadership. Don't take it down.

[swedemartyrsonswade]

Searching for a Job for 12 years is insane. Imagine what kind of economy your country you're in.

[omverma_]

The problem is people are not willing to accept this. Hence, we can't fix this.

I just wanna escape this place.

[bhaskarjyoti]

Job crisis is sky high at the moment and Rich people are only getting rich while the middle class and poor people are suffering.

[luqman]

And even if you get a job, a large portion of your salary goes to the government as tax. If you question the return on investment of that tax, you're labeled as anti-national by the media, which has been bought with your tax money by the ruling party.

[itachi]

Indian government hasn't been able to solve ❌
Indian government don't want to solve ✔

[gowris]

Indian here
7 years of college with a masters and a professional degree and jobless.Attended many interviews which pay less than 20k.

Edited : 29/9/2024


I have completed masters in Physics and completed B. Ed with a university rank. I'm attending interviews and applying through LinkedIn, Indeed etc. I'm qualified to teach Physics till class 12.

The salary offered by schools is 10k to 20k INR.

I have commented this four times but its gets deleted every time. I don't know why.
So I edited my previous comment for people replied me here.

[tooreal]

While the poor suffer, the richest of India are spending billion and millions on lavish events.