My letter published in the Hindu

The authors of the article,  “ still seriously hungry and poor “published in the Hindu last week claim that , “ newer skills will hold the key for translating growth into jobs.” Are we not turning out millions of trained youth from the innumerable polytechnics , vocational training  centers ,engineering colleges , teacher training institutes, para medical training centers , agricultural engineering institutes ? These are the people on whom the educational and training  investments  have been made by the poor and middle class families with the hope of getting out their families from poverty and hunger. These youth are rotting due to the jobless growth of India gifted by the multinationals  and corporate giants of India. They suffer the indignity of poverty for years together , due to unemployment , underemployment and disguised employment. The solution to the problem of hunger and poverty lies in resurrection of  the labour intensive, small and medium industries which showed a huge job generation potential between seventies and  eighties . Turning the blind eye to all their fundamental needs and thereby closing the best  job avenues to  the skilled youth is the biggest mistake the government of India is committing .All the concessions and efforts towards ease business extended to Indian and  foreign corporate sector will only generate jobless growth.