India’s Youth Boom Meets a Jobs Bust

Podcast: Grand Tamasha · Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Opublikowano: 2026-04-29

For more than three decades, India’s growth story has rested on the promise of a large and youthful workforce—but whether that promise is being realized remains an open question. A new report published by the Centre for Sustainable Employment at Azim Premji University—State of Working India 2026—takes a comprehensive look at how young Indians move from education into the labor market—and asks whether India is successfully converting its demographic dividend into an economic one. The report documents a striking paradox: even as educational attainment has expanded dramatically, the transition to stable, gainful em...