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At 75, India seeks way forward in big but job-scarce economy

Indian students make enquiries at a Canadian education fair in in Amritsar, India, July 8, 2022. Many Indians are opting to go abroad for "better prospects" as raging unemployment is worsening insecurity and inequality between the rich and poor in Asia's third largest economy. (AP Photo/Prabhjot Gill)

People from northern states crowd the labor chowk - a bazaar at the junction of four roads where hundreds of workers gather daily at daybreak to plead for work in Manesar Industrial Area, Haryana state, India, Aug. 4, 2022. Scenes like this are an everyday reality for millions of Indians, the most visible signs of economic distress in a country where raging unemployment is worsening insecurity and inequality between the rich and poor. (AP Photo/Bhumika Saraswati)

Tamil women sit by a roadside in the morning in anticipation of being hired for daily wage jobs in Kochi, southern Kerala state, India, Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022. Scenes like this are an everyday reality for millions of Indians, the most visible signs of economic distress in a country where raging unemployment is worsening insecurity and inequality between the rich and poor. (AP Photo/R S Iyer)

Candidates leave after appearing for an International English Language Testing System (IELTS) examination in Amritsar, India, July 9, 2022. Many Indians are opting to go abroad for "better prospects" as raging unemployment is worsening insecurity and inequality between the rich and poor in Asia's third largest economy. (AP Photo/Prabhjot Gill)

People from India's northern states wait at labor chowk - a bazaar at the junction of four roads where hundreds of workers gather daily at daybreak to plead for work in Manesar Industrial Area, Haryana state, India, Aug. 4, 2022. Scenes like this are an everyday reality for millions of Indians, the most visible signs of economic distress in a country where raging unemployment is worsening insecurity and inequality between the rich and poor. (AP Photo/Bhumika Saraswati)

Indian youth aspiring to join the military attend classes at the Malik Defence academy in Rohtak, India, July 18, 2022. As factory and private sector employment shrink, young jobseekers increasingly are targeting government jobs, coveted for their security, prestige and benefits. In June, the Indian government overhauled military recruitment to cut costs and modernize, changing long-term postings into four-year contracts after which only 25% of recruits will be retained. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Sahil Rajput, 21, sits outside an electronic shop where he works in Rohtak, India, July 18, 2022. Rajput has been fervently preparing for a job in the army, working in a low-paid data-entry job to afford private coaching to become a soldier and support his unemployed parents. But in June, the government overhauled military recruitment to cut costs and modernize, changing long-term postings into four-year contracts after which only 25% of recruits will be retained. Rajput knows he might not be able to get a permanent army job. "But I have no other options," he said. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Indian youth aspiring to join the military listen to an instructor as they undergo physical training in Kochi, southern Kerala state, India, Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022. As factory and private sector employment shrink, young jobseekers increasingly are targeting government jobs, coveted for their security, prestige and benefits. In June, the Indian government overhauled military recruitment to cut costs and modernize, changing long-term postings into four-year contracts after which only 25% of recruits will be retained. The country marks 75 years of independence from British rule on Aug. 15. (AP Photo/R S Iyer)

A couple look on as they wait at labor chowk - a bazaar at the junction of four roads where hundreds of workers gather daily at daybreak to plead for work in Manesar Industrial Area, Haryana state, India, Aug. 4, 2022. Scenes like this are an everyday reality for millions of Indians, the most visible signs of economic distress in a country where raging unemployment is worsening insecurity and inequality between the rich and poor. (AP Photo/Bhumika Saraswati)

FILE - Employees pack boxes containing vials of Covishield, a version of the AstraZeneca vaccine, at the Serum Institute of India in Pune, Nov. 22, 2021. India's phenomenal transformation from an impoverished nation in 1947 into an emerging global power whose $3 trillion economy is Asia's third largest has made it a major exporter of things like software and vaccines. Millions have escaped poverty into a growing, aspirational middle class as its high-skilled sectors have thrived. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool, File)

FILE - Job aspirants standing outside a packed venue listen to an official after larger than anticipated numbers of candidates turned up for interviews organized by the state run employability center in Kochi, Kerala state, India, July 8, 2022. Raging unemployment is worsening insecurity and inequality between the rich and poor as the country marks 75 years of independence from British rule on Aug. 15. (AP Photo/ R S Iyer, File)

FILE- A man works on an under-production Indian national flag to dry in an office ahead of Independence Day in Gauhati, in the northeastern state of Assam, Aug. 2, 2022. India marks 75 years of independence from British rule on Aug. 15. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath, File)

At 75, India seeks way forward in big but job-scarce economy