The new Government has promised creation of Jobs. PM Modi talks n new jobs and self employment day in and day out but the scenario and the reality is something different.
As many as 550 jobs have disappeared every day in last four years and if this trend continues, employment would shrink by 7 million by 2050 in the country, a study has claimed.
Farmers, petty retail vendors, contract labourers and construction workers are the most vulnerable sections facing never before livelihood threats in India today, the study by Delhi-based civil society group PRAHAR has said.
As per the data released by Labour Bureau early 2016, India created only 1.35 lakh jobs in 2015 in comparison to 4.19 lakh in 2013 and 9 lakh in 2011, the group said in a statement.
“A deeper analysis of the data reveals a rather scary picture. Instead of growing, livelihoods are being lost in India on a daily basis. As many as 550 jobs are lost in India every day (in last four year as per Labour Bureau data) which means that by 2050, jobs in India would have got reduced by 7 million, while population would have grown by 600 million,” the statement said.
The data clearly points to the fact that job creation in India is successively slowing down, which is very alarming, it pointed out.
“This (rise in unemployment) is because sectors which are the largest contributor of jobs are worst-affected. Agriculture contributes to 50 percent of employment in India followed by SME sector which employs 40 percent of the workforce of the country,” the statement said.
According to the World Bank data, percentage of employment in agriculture out of total employment in India has come down to 50 percent in 2013 from 60 percent in 1994.
It said that the labour intensity of small and medium enterprises is four times higher than that of large firms.
However, what went unnoticed is that these investments would translate into creation of only 6 million jobs, it said.
“India needs to go back to the basics and protect sectors like farming, unorganised retail, micro and small enterprises which contribute to 99 percent of current livelihoods in the country. These sectors need support from the Government not regulation. India needs smart villages and not smart cities in the 21st century,” it added.
