Over the last decade, India has seen decreased jobs, more graduates coming into the job market, increased competition and reduced chances of succeeding in getting a job. Here is some data for you to understand the fall over the last decade and gravity of the situation:
1. Uttar Pradesh recruits its police force through UPPRPB. In October 2018, board declared total 49568 posts and 19,38,363 candidates applied for these posts. That is 39 candidates for each post. In 2024, for just 60244 jobs, Over 48.17 lakh candidates applied including 15 lakh female candidates. That is 80 candidates for each vacancy. In 6 years, the competition doubled.
2. For the staff selection commission CGL exam in 2014, a total 13,01,391 candidates appeared for 15459 vacancies. That is 84 candidates for each vacancy. For the same exam in 2023, the total Vacancies were 7500 for which a total of 12,36,202 appeared. That is 168 candidates for each vacancy. In 10 years, the competition doubled.
3. For the UPSC Civil Services exam, between 2006 to 2009 on an average, 3.63 lacs aspirants applied for 993/year. From 2020 to 2023, on an average, 11.51 lacs students applied for 956 vacancies an year. In 15 years, the competition increased from 366 candidates to 1204 candidates per vacancy.
4. A total of 1,26,30,885 applications were received for Railways Non technical roles in 2019 (RRN-NTPC) recruitment for 35,208 posts. That is 358 students for each job.
5. The government stopped recruiting for army and made it a short duration 4 year job called Agniveer. However, about 3.5 million candidates registered for 40,000 jobs under the Agnipath model for short-term induction of soldiers into the three services. That is 88 aspirants for a short duration job.
6. The problem has spread to PSU’s too.
ONGC in 2014 had 33000 employees and in 2023 had 25993 employees.
MTNL in 2015 had 33770 employees and fell sharply to 3574 in 2023. The list is long.
7. An Indian Express report in 2022 concluded that Of the 22.05 crore applications received from 2014-15 to 2021-22, only 7.22 lakh or 0.33 per cent were recommended for any job in the central government.
8. The recent International Labour Organisation that drew the governments ire says that India’s Youth account for almost 83% of the unemployed workforce and the share of youngsters with secondary or higher education in the total unemployed youth has almost doubled from 35.2% in 2000 to 65.7% in 2022.
It is time that governments focus on creating employment. During elections, we should discuss the progress made in the last decade and employment opportunities created.
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