India's new employment policy ought to focus on young adults - Prof. Vidya Mahambare along with her co-authors Prof. Sowmya Dhanaraj and Sankalp Sharma writes for LiveMint

The article analyses some astonishing estimates that are based on the authors' research using India’s periodic labour force survey (PLFS) data. The estimates show that the employment-to-population ratio among young adults in India has declined to 43.4% in 2018-19 from 63% in 2004-05. This is a sharper fall than the decline to 64% from 74.5% for the 30-59-years age group over the same period.