Budget 2024: Tackling Unemployment

Published On: July 25, 2024 - The first budget after losing parliamentary majority and the Modi government has acknowledged the severity of youth unemployment. Seemingly the biggest source of social angst in the world’s fastest growing economy. The Modi government has always kept infrastructure in focus as a means of fostering employment generation. Government’s capital expenditure has surged over 5 times over the last 10 years. That has not changed with 11.11 lakh crore rupees allocated towards capex even this time around. But, Strategies towards job creation have changed…and how.