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“If you want then do a government job, otherwise sell vegetables” Ranjeet Kumar (28), an unemployed youth, spends three hours every evening with two women friends at a community park in Rajendra Nagar, Patna, to prepare for a government job.
While looking at the question bank of the Bihar government’s Staff Selection Commission (SSC) exam, he said, “There is a peaceful atmosphere here in the park to have group discussions, which helps us prepare better for the job.”
Mr. Kumar had passed the examination thrice, but due to some reasons, he could not make it to the final list.
‘Heavy pressure’
“I am again waiting for the final list, hoping to clear it this time. The pressure from the family to get a government job is so much that for the past five years I have been living in a single room in Bahadurpur, Patna, paying a rent of Rs 6,000 per month,” he said. He is from Jhajha, around 300km from Patna.
When asked why only government job, Mr. Kumar promptly replied with a smile, “Because there is nothing more permanent than a government job in the State and the country”.
Agreeing with her is Arpana Barnwal (26), who has come to Patna from Bokaro in neighbouring Jharkhand to prepare for a government job.
“Age is running out, not for jobs but for marriage,” she said. “The family pressure to get a job as soon as possible is so intense that I came to Patna for better opportunities to prepare for government jobs and there is 33% reservation in jobs for women here.”
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She has to pay Rs 3,500 as rent for a room in Qazipur in Machhuatoli area of Patna. Her friend and colleague Preeti Kumari (30), who is married, had also cleared the main exam for the police sub-inspector (SI) post twice but “unfortunately” she too could not make it to the final list.
She said that she is preparing for the job again and will continue trying for a government job until her name appears in the final list.
‘Rare Opportunity’
She said, “I and my husband, who is preparing for a government job, have shifted from Begusarai district to Patna’s Bazar Samiti area in a rented room for better preparation.” She further added, “Life is very tough without a government job in a place like Bihar where opportunities are very few.”
But what are these exams? “We prepare for Bihar SSC, Bihar Police-SI/Constable, Nursing, Teacher through Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC), Assistant Section Officer in State Secretariat, Railways-Loco-Pilot and Group-D, National Thermal Power Corporation, etc,” he said.
What do they expect from the government? “First of all, they should strictly maintain the job calendar, stop regular exam paper leaks and increase the number of jobs.”
Filling of positions
As per the state budget for the financial year 2023-24, a requisition has been given by BPSC, SSC and Technical Services Commission to fill a total of 63,900 posts.
Creation of 75,543 posts in state police services has been approved. According to the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) for the year 2021-22, the unemployment rate in Bihar was 5.9%, higher than the national average of 4.1%. For the 15-29 age group, the unemployment rate was 20.1%, while the national average was 12.4%.
According to PLFS 20-21, the unemployment rate in the state was 4.6%. The central government cited the data in Parliament on July 29 to say that Bihar had the lowest worker population ratio (25.6%) in 2021-22.
‘Lack of industries’
DM Diwakar, former director of Patna-based AN Sinha Institute of Social Sciences, told the hindu He said, “The main reason behind the high unemployment rate in Bihar is the lack of industries. Therefore, agriculture continues to hold an important place in the state’s economy. Lack of employment opportunities has also forced lakhs of migrants to leave their native state for livelihood.”
‘No clarity on job creation’
He also said that neither the state nor the central government has any clarity on employment generation.
“If we want to create a Hindu nation then what is the need to create jobs? He said, “When the agenda is to make India a Hindu nation, then what is the need for job creation?”
Economist and associate professor at the Bihar Institute of Public Finance and Policy, Sudhanshu Kumar, agreed, saying “the youth employment scenario in the state is worrying.”
“The state’s youth are mostly engaged in the informal economy and make a living through subsistence self-employment or casual jobs.”
“In urban areas, people take up jobs which are far below their expertise, while in rural Bihar, disguised employment is common,” he told IANS. Hindu.
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