Eddie wrote: Wonders never cease in India. A major crisis brewing is the lack of jobs. Unemployment figures hit a 45-year high in 2017-18.
So does the PM of India apologise & promise to do better? Not so. The BJP Hindu official is not governed by ethics & never accepts blame. PM Modi not only denied the reports but assured Parliament that 'crores of jobs' had been created in his tenure. No evidence has to be provided. In reality graduates have been applying for jobs such as canteen waiter, 'peons' or railway gangmen. Last year, India’s most populous state (Uttar Pradesh), about the size of Britain, advertised for 62 posts of 'telephone messenger', a sort of letter carrier, requiring just Class 5 education. Nearly 100,000 applied, including 50,000 graduates, 28,000 post-graduates and 3,700 PhDs. Even though an Indian PhD may not compare with a UK one, the number of over qualified applicants clearly points to a job crisis. Incidentally, the Chief Minister of UP (Yogi Adityanath by name) is a semi-literate sadhu, more concerned about the welfare of cows. These are among the wonders in today's India. Eddie Women from poor households join the workforce to make ends meet, but as economic conditions improve, they opt out due to dearth of quality employment, says Thomas. These findings raise questions over the effectiveness of the recent increase in enrolment of girl students, reported by Mint last year, in improving their economic condition. India’s universities and labour markets are also characterized by inequalities on account of both religious and caste groups. https://www.livemint.com/Politics/FL93KP1b9OtQmNnDOJeNxI/Why-PhDs-want-to-be-peons.html -- FN* फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या * فريدريك نورونيا +91-9822122436 AUDIO: https://archive.org/details/@fredericknoronha TEXT: http://bit.ly/2SBx41G PIX: http://bit.ly/2Rs1xhl Can't get through on mobile? Please SMS/WhatsApp - *"It's easier to fix bugs the same day you wrote the code. It can be very hard and time-consuming to fix bugs a month later when you've forgotten exactly how the code works." - Joel Spolsky, CEO/Founder of Stack Overflow* undefined [image: Mailtrack] <https://mailtrack.io?utm_source=gmail&utm_medium=signature&utm_campaign=signaturevirality5&;> Sender notified by Mailtrack <https://mailtrack.io?utm_source=gmail&utm_medium=signature&utm_campaign=signaturevirality5&;> 09/02/19, 14:57:35
