Indian police personnel block unemployed Indian teachers, as they march during a protest against the Punjab state government to demand jobs in Amritsar on January 25, 2019.
Five years ago, one of Modi’s main promises was overhauling India’s economy.
But over the years the country has struggled to generate enough jobs for its mass of young people.
It’s a giant challenge. More than half of Indians are aged 25 or under, and some 12 million enter the workforce each year.
Now, experts say the situation has only gotten worse: New figures from the independent researchers at the Center for Monitoring Indian Economy show that joblessness is rising.
According to the CMIE, the unemployment rate in February this year stood at 7.2%, up from 5% in February, 2017. Meanwhile, India’s farmers have staged numerous protests in recent years, amid reports of falling incomes and increasing distress in the farm sector.
This could spell trouble for Modi.
Read more analysis from CNN’s Nikhil Kumar here.
Source : Nbcnewyork
