UNEMPLOYMENT -- MEETING THE CRY FOR JOBS
The most challenging issue today is widespread unemployment. The cry everywhere is for jobs. The unemployment rate ranges from 10 per cent (for age 15-29) to 42.3 per cent (for graduates under age 25) to 9.8 per cent (for graduates of age 30-34).
7. Launch a strategic mining programme to explore and mine rare earths and critical minerals with the object of increasing the share of mining to 5 per cent of GDP and creating 1.5 crore jobs for unskilled and skilled workers in the mineral-rich states.
The programme will be implemented consistent with stringent environmental and labour safety standards.
Related job creation commitments:
1. Fill the nearly 30 lakh vacancies in sanctioned posts at various levels in the central government.
2. Publish a job calendar for each department, institution and public body with details of vacancies and the timelines to fill the vacancies.
3. Abolish the Agnipath programme and direct the Armed Forces to resume normal recruitment.
Supporting initiatives for job creation:
6. Create a new employment-linked incentive (ELI) Scheme for corporates to win tax credits for additional hiring against regular, quality jobs.
8. We will launch an urban employment programme guaranteeing work for the urban poor in reconstruction and renewal of urban infrastructure.
9. Provide jobs for low-education, low-skilled youth by launching a Water Bodies Restoration Programme and a Wasteland Regeneration Programme that will be implemented through village panchayats and municipalities.
10. Establish an autonomous non-profit society involving the state governments, universities and business organisations to establish at least one Skills Training Institute in each district.