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Introduction: When Education Stops Protecting You For decades, education in India was sold as insurance. Study hard, earn a degree, and stability would follow. That promise shaped families, finances, and futures. In 2026, that promise no longer holds. India today has more educated youth than ever before — and also more educated unemployed . This is not a failure of individuals. It is a structural shift. To understand why degrees are no longer job insurance in India, we must separate education from employability , and credentials from opportunity. (For the broader context of this shift, see our analysis: What It Means to Be Young in India in 2026 .) The Data Behind Educated Unemployment Official labour data shows a paradox: Overall unemployment remains around 5% Youth unemployment (15–29) is nearly three times higher A majority of unemployed youth have secondary or higher education In simple terms: The more educated you are, the longer you m...

Introduction: India’s Youth Dividend—On Paper and in Practice India enters 2026 with the largest youth population in the world. Policy documents call it a demographic dividend . Political speeches call it a national advantage . Economists call it a narrow window . But for young Indians themselves, youth today is not experienced as advantage—it is experienced as instability . This editorial examines what it actually means to be young in India in 2026, using verified labour data , education statistics , and employment trends , while telling a composite story of four groups that now define Indian youth: Students Unemployed graduates Gig and platform workers First-generation learners India’s Youth by the Numbers (2025–26 Snapshot) Indicator Latest Data Share of population aged 15–64 ~67% New entrants to workforce each year ~12 million Overall unemployment rate (15+) ~...

Introduction: The Question Behind the Question When parents ask whether skill education is “safe” for their child’s future, they are rarely questioning skills themselves. They are questioning certainty . For decades, degrees represented predictability: study hard, score well, earn a qualification, and find a stable career. Skill education, by contrast, feels new, flexible, and less structured—qualities that can feel risky to parents. This guide addresses that concern honestly, without exaggeration or fear. What Parents Usually Mean by “Safe” When parents worry about safety, they usually mean: Will my child get a stable income? Will society respect this path? Will opportunities close permanently? What if this choice fails? These are reasonable questions. Education decisions are irreversible in time, even if careers are not. Understanding what skill education actually is helps separate perception from reality   Why Skill Education Feels Ri...