Apart from Subir Roy’s assertion in “Whatever happened to sabka vikas” (April 19) that the Narendra Modi-led government has not been able to keep its promise of high job creation, there is other growing evidence also that makes the picture more gloomy. Economic growth has created wealth but not as many new jobs. Increments are taking place in the informal sector while the size of jobs in the government and public sector undertakings is shrinking. The former do not go beyond ensuring subsistence level of the individual.
More education has led to more unemployment. In rural India 6.5 per cent of