‘Study Effect of Welfare Schemes Deterring Youth From Seeking Jobs’: CEA Nageswaran

‘Study Effect of Welfare Schemes Deterring Youth From Seeking Jobs’: CEA Nageswaran

Chief economic advisor V. Anantha Nageswaran. Photo: PIB New Delhi: Days after the Union government received flak for reducing spending on welfare schemes in the budget for 2024-25, chief economic advisor V. Anantha Nageswaran has said that policymakers should study whether well-intended welfare schemes might be deterring India’s youth from seeking employment.

Nageswaran was speaking at the launch of ‘The State of Rural Youth Employment Report 2024’, the Indian Express reported .

His remarks have come at a time when India is facing unprecedented levels of unemployment coupled with rural distress and high food inflation. While citing studies conducted in the […]

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