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Recurring problem of Indian Economy - JOBS

This is not just India-centric but a global issue. And the scale of this problem is worrying India, given the number of first time voters of 180 million. For the past two decades, it was augmented that Tourism and Entrepreneurship were solutions but was not of much help. Due to India’s cheap labour existence, it was also touted to embark into manufacturing but was of no use, because this sector was already occupied by China. So Tourism isn’t the way forward? Not really, tourism has many angles to it, the cultural tourism, religious tourism, medical tourism, education tourism and many more. If taken special interest by the stakeholders, then can provide huge scope of opportunities in the Tourism sector. Literally, ‘Jobs’ is a multifaceted problem. And it’s more concerning that we don’t have proper data to quantify the nature. The only available data seems to suggest that ‘Underemployment is an issue and quality of jobs is an issue, not employment.’ Livelihood is an iss