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A man from the state of Haryana IndiaSunil Kumar (28) knows that achieving his dreams requires hard work. He also has two degrees (Bachelor-Master) and is in the process of obtaining a third degree to get a well-paying job in his country.

“I am learning so that I can be successful in life. If you work hard, you should be able to get a job,” Kumar is quoted as saying CNNMonday (29.5.2023).

Kumar currently has a job, but it is far from his dreams. For the past five years, he has been sweeping the floor of a school in his village.

The work was done full-time and with a less profitable side business. In total, Kumar earns $85,000 or Rs 1.26 million per month (exchange rate Rs 14,900).

He admitted that his income was not enough, especially because he had two elderly parents and a younger sister to support. Ideally, Kumar said, he would use his degree to work as a teacher.

“(In fact) on the contrary, I have to do manual work just to feed myself,” he said.

Kumar's situation is not unusual, as millions of other young Indians face similar difficulties in finding work. Youth unemployment in the country has risen sharply.

New status India As the world's most populous country, its young people have too few jobs and too many competitors. Economists fear there are not enough jobs to feed the growing number of workers.

According to the Center for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE), people under the age of 25 make up more than 40% of India's population. Almost half of them will be unemployed by December 2022.

“I am very angry because I do not have a successful job despite my qualifications and education. I blame the government for this. It should give jobs to its people,” said Kumar.

Experts warn that the problem will worsen as the population grows and competition for jobs intensifies. Kaushik Basu, professor of economics at Cornell University, described India's youth unemployment rate as very high.

“If such people do not find enough jobs, what was meant to be an opportunity, this increase in the demographic dividend, could become a major challenge and a major problem for India,” he added.

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