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Ways to Stimulate Employment Generation in Budget 2018

Employment generation is one of the key challenges before the government in the Budget 2018-19.

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Anurag Khare
Employment generation is one of the key challenges before the government in the Budget 2018-19. Modi Government had promised 1crore jobs every year for the youth but 3 years in to power what we have seen is a marginal rise in the unemployment rate. No wonder that the government came under severe criticism from all quarters for failing to create jobs. Unemployment rate of 5 - 6.5% for a young country like India where 65% of the population is below the age of 35 is alarming. Also now with advent of automation and AI, many sectors such as Information Technology

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