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India Graduate Jobs Timeline 2026: BA, B.Sc & B.Com Skills Gap

NITI Aayog's August 2026 report finds only 8.25% of India's graduates work in roles matching their qualifications (Economic Survey 2024-25), while 13% of all g…

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NITI AAYOG REPORT

NITI Aayog Publishes "Reimagining Skilling for Viksit Bharat@2047"

NITI Aayog's Skill Development, Labour and Employment vertical released a report finding only 8.25% of graduates work in roles matching their qualifications (Economic Su…

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PLFS DATA

Official Data Confirms the Graduate Unemployment Gap

The Periodic Labour Force Survey 2023-24 recorded overall unemployment at 3.2%, but 13% among graduates and 20.4% among graduate women - official evidence that a degree…

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NEP 2020

National Education Policy Sets Vocational Targets India Hasn't Met

NEP 2020 called for 50% of learners to have vocational exposure by 2025, rising to all students by 2030. NITI Aayog's 2026 assessment finds fewer than 1 in 12 secondary…

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INDUSTRY SURVEYS

Employability Surveys Put a Number on the Skills Gap

Annual industry surveys such as the India Skills Report began flagging that a large share of graduates needed additional training before being considered employable, cit…

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CENSUS DATA

Census 2011 Documents Educated Joblessness at Scale

Census 2011 recorded millions of graduation and post-graduation degree holders as unemployed or marginally employed, with the burden falling disproportionately on gradua…

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IT BOOM

The IT and Services Boom Rewards Technical Degrees

India's IT and IT-enabled services sector expanded rapidly, concentrating recruitment on engineering and technical graduates, while BA, B.Sc and B.Com holders had compar…

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LIBERALISATION

Economic Liberalisation Reshapes What Employers Want

India's 1991 liberalisation opened markets to global competition, sparking growth in IT, finance and corporate services - and exposing how far university syllabi had lag…

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NATIONAL POLICY

National Policy on Education Widens Access to College

The National Policy on Education, 1986, prioritised widening access to higher education, fuelling the establishment of affiliated colleges offering BA, B.Sc and B.Com de…

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