The solution to the jobs problem, which has been discussed in Delhi’s policy corridors for 20 years, is a swift expansion in low-skill manufacturing
In the eight years that Milan Poonia (25) has spent on the shopfloors of the firms that dot India’s largest automotive cluster in Manesar on the south-western edge of Delhi, his salary inched up from ₹8,500 to ₹10,200 a month (or, an annual hike of about 2.3%). When he entered the workforce in 2012—as a trainee at the Hero Motors factory—he had many dreams. “Technical pasand hai. Nayi nayi machinae dekhna chahta tha (I like the technical field. I wanted to see many new machines). I hoped to find passion and paisa (money),” he said.
Now, on the cusp of the 30th anniversary of India’s liberalization and in the midst of a long-awaited uptick in auto sales, Poonia is giving up.
Source: livemint
