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Young and Jobless

India's rapid economic growth of the last decade has come to a screeching halt, made worse by the coronavirus pandemic that's thrown millions of people out of work.

India's rapid economic growth of the last decade has come to a screeching halt, made worse by the coronavirus pandemic that's thrown millions of people out of work. It's also pulled back the curtain on the country's economic succes,, revealing a jobs crisis, and accelerated the trend towards automation. With nearly eight million people entering the workforce each year, the country's younger generation is most affected by the looming employment catastrophe.

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Thu 19 Nov 2020 08:30GMT

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