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The government can't provide jobs for everyone entering the labor force at a time when 2 out of every 3 Indians being below the age of 35, students at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi have been told.Textile Minister Smriti Irani and Minister of State of Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha on Wednesday told students and alumni at one of the most prestigious educational institutions in the country that IIIT should produce more entrepreneurs who do not focus on just being handed over a job.They were speaking at 'My India @ 2022', an interaction organized by the World Economic Forum (WEF) as part of the 33rd India Economic Summit (IES) being organised by WEF in association with the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).More than 800 million Indians are currently below the age of 35 and today's youth has to turn entrepreneurs if India's massive demographic dividend is to be taken advantage of Irani said.She added that an upwardly mobile population and growing opportutnities have meant ...