Job Crisis Crushing India's Millennials

Forty-one lakh jobs lost due to the pandemic so far and no light at the end of the tunnel yet for India's youth. Where are we headed?

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00:30They are relatively skilled and now they have gone back to their villages and there is no

00:55work for them to do and they don't want to work under the public workfare program and

01:02they are actually left scarred. So there is this possibility of there being a scarring

01:07effect on their career and the emergence of what can be a lockdown generation as the ILO has called it.

01:55They have been making sacrifices and when the time came to do something for them, the lockdown came and everything was shut down.

02:03They are still making sacrifices. They have been sitting at home for so many days and eating at home.

02:08They are not saying anything. They are not even giving permission for job vacancies.

02:12They are doing everything but how much will they be able to sit and eat?

02:17It is their duty to do something for them.

02:20There is no support here.

02:22It could be like before.

02:24They will get a job and they will start working.

02:27Right now, there is no support for us.

02:38The dream that we had was to complete it by 2022.

02:42It has gone back 3-4 years.

02:45We can't do anything for the next 3-4 years.

02:48The economy has gone down.

02:50There is a problem with jobs.

02:52Because of the economy, there won't be an increase in salaries.

02:57Everyone is waiting to see what will happen.

03:15The youth unemployment rate was 17% going into the crisis.

03:20The future of these youth, the migrant youth in particular, is very bleak.

03:26We are heading into a very serious problem.