India jobless growth triggers concern of voter backlash
Creation of jobs slowest on record in 2015 even as GDP grows at one of the fastest paces in the world
New Delhi
INDIA'S financial capital Mumbai woke to a strange sight earlier this month. More than 100,000 young men and women on motorbikes drove through the city for almost six hours. Their demand: guaranteed jobs in state-owned and private companies.
The protesters, some as young as 14, are just one part of the swelling ranks of discontented citizens frustrated at the lack of job opportunities in India despite the country's brisk economic growth.
While gross domestic product (GDP) gre…
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