If you believe Delhi, a generation of young Indians are on the cusp of unprecedented affluence, riding the economic wave of an emerging superpower under the benevolent stewardship of Narendra Modi.
Yet a new study casts doubt on the credentials of India’s prime minister, suggesting an underlying economic crisis that could become an issue in marathon polls which open in April and last until June.
A report by the International Labour Organisation, released jointly with the Institute for Human Development in Delhi, found that young Indians comprised nearly 83 per cent of the unemployed. Worse still, it showed that two thirds of that 83 per cent were young people who had secondary or higher education. Some 7.33 per cent of India’s population overall is currently
