2.3 Million Apply for 368 Office Jobs in Indian State Government

KOLKATA—
India’s economic growth could overtake China’s this year, but providing enough high quality jobs continues to be a struggle.

The latest evidence of the tough job market came this week in the country's most populous state, Uttar Pradesh, where 2.3 million young people applied for 368 low ranking positions in the state government.

The position, officially known as a peon, involves mostly carrying files from desk to desk and running errands. It required a fifth grade education and the ability to ride a bicycle.

However the applicants included 255 candidates who hold doctorate degrees and 25,000 masters degree holders. About 150,000 applicants are university graduates.

“We have been left astounded with the response not just because the number of applicants is as high as 2.3 million. We are stunned also to find candidates with PhD, B.Tech, MBA and other masters and bachelor degrees applying for these jobs of peons,” Prabhat Mittal, secretary to the administration department of government of Uttar Pradesh said to VOA.

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Talked to a bus conductor in India in 1975
Said he was a univ. graduate.

Sounds like the Philippines. Incredible underemployment rate.

The culture dictates that any government position, no matter how lowly, is highly prized. In India, it is usually a job for life and a step at the bottom of a huge ladder. A job is a job when you are unemployed, however well qualified you might be.

They will have a few more applicants soon as BT are moving they're call centres back to the UK as they're customers have had enough of trying to understand indoengrish


BT promises to bring back customer service to UK contact centres - BT

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Talked to a bus conductor in India in 1975
Said he was a univ. graduate.

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Should own a bus company by now, and have univ. graduates driving for him :rolleyes:

Took one of the cousins to apply for a job in the education department last week.
Just an admin job, bottom of the ladder, must have a degree though, 15 jobs for the district.
100s there applying, selection process will go on for weeks, but as said above, a government job is for life, with free private medical, cheap government loans, pension after 25 years.

Good thing about this, at least they are doing the processing in the open, normally you have to buy the job, one win for the Ubon university's anti corruption cafe.