Employment challenge

One of the biggest policy challenges for India has been employment creation for its young and rising working-age population. Despite economic growth accelerating since the mid-1980s, the desired transformation in employment conditions has remained elusive. Although there have been improvements in certain aspects, employment surveys of the government and studies by independent economists have periodically underlined the structural flaws in employment outcomes. A new report by the Azim Premji University — which has used data from various sources, such as the Periodic Labour Force Surveys, Annual Survey of Industries, Economic Census, and National Family Health Survey — has comprehensively mapped