Citing employment studies, Saamana claimed that India’s population of young graduates had grown sharply over the past four decades but that unemployment among them had risen at an even faster rate.
The editorial also referred to an Azim Premji University report to argue that degree holders account for a significant proportion of unemployed young people. It claimed that only 12 out of every 1,000 young jobseekers secured permanent employment.
Shiv Sena (UBT) said the official statistics contradicted Union Labour Minister Mansukh Mandaviya’s assertion that the government had generated an average of 1.7 crore jobs annually during its tenure. It also said the figures supported concerns raised by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over youth unemployment at a recent event in Prayagraj.
The party alleged that the Centre had failed to fulfil its earlier promise of creating two crore jobs annually, leaving millions of qualified young people facing an uncertain future.
Describing the government data as a reflection of the Centre’s economic policies, the editorial called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah to acknowledge the scale of the employment challenge.
With IANS inputs
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