Watch | The Youth Want Jobs, Not Another Budget Speech

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Uploaded: 2020-01-09T09:15:53+05:30
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Description: Mitali Mukherjee says the burning question for a country with a youth population of more than 600 million, job security is top priority.

Mitali Mukherjee says the burning question for a country with a youth population of more than 600 million, job security is top priority.

Mitali Mukherjee

Mitali Mukherjee says the burning question for a country with a youth population of more than 600 million, job security is top priority.

watch the youth want jobs not another budget speech

Job seekers attend a job fair organised by the employment department of the Delhi state government in New Delhi, January 21, 2019. Photo: Reuters/Anushree Fadnavis

In 2019, India got two budgets. Thanks to the General Elections in April and May. Expectations were high especially from the July budget on taking urgent steps to address the alarming slide in economic growth. However, the document proved to be a self-destructing exercise. Several key decisions announced were either scaled back, watered down or just couldn’t get going.

But the burning question remains, for a country with a sizeable young population more than 600 million: What do the youth want from the Budget? And the answer is simple. Nothing. The youth want and need jobs.

This article went live on January ninth, two thousand twenty, at fifteen minutes past nine in the morning.

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