INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
opportunities.
The political dogfight apart, the fact remains that new jobs are far and few between
And when it comes to the organised sector, the picture gets grimmer, with just about seven million new jobs being added in the past one
employment generation: Here are some key takeaways:
PANEL VIEWSHAINA NCSPOKESPERSON, BJP
When Nitin Gadkari talks about Maratha agitation
the demand of the Maratha community that there should be reservations when it comes to government jobs when it comes to education
cost if youths remain unemployed
When Mr Modi says I will create 2 crore jobs, we must take his comment seriously
So to now change the yardstick is disingenuous
If GDP grows at a good rate, jobs will grow
But you raised GDP by changing the formula
If you find a reverse migration happening and demands for NREGA going up then job crisis is for real.
GURCHARAN DASAUTHOR AND COMMENTATOR,
FORMER CEO, PG INDIA
In India, we still do not have good labour statistics
India's problem is not unemployment; our problem is under-employment
been there in the past four years.
R JAGANNATHANEDITORIAL DIRECTOR, SWARAJYA MAGAZINE
Governments are enablers to the extent that
government keeps enabling the economy to create jobs, any government can create jobs
Automation is picking up across industries
are seriously down because you had GST, demonetisation the general slowdown
We should see some revival as we go ahead towards the election but it will be not enough to take care of the thing.
HIMANSHUASSOCIATE
PROFESSOR, JNU
There is a kind of dishonesty when you say data is not there
Why were there no surveys The problem is much more serious than what is projected
GST and demonetisation have a spillover effect
There is a severe crisis in rural areas
The demand of the rural economy has to be revived
Unless we reset the economy these incremental measures like Skill India will not help.
