The Hindu Editorial Vocabulary 31st July 2024

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Hindu Editorial Vocab On Union Budget Speech Employment

One of the biggest pivots in this Budget speech has been a shift in the stance on employment and the sharply higher frequency of mentions it received. ‘Employment’ was the central theme of the Budget, that placed the Prime Minister’s package to facilitate (to make something possible or easier) jobs and skills on top of its list of soothing promises. The proposed ₹2 lakh crore package seeks to help 4.1 crore youth over five years with three employment linked-incentive schemes — two of which encourage (to make someone more likely to do something, or to make something more likely to happen) hiring of fresh entrants in the job market for at least one year with subsidies, while a third attempts to incentivise companies to scale up hiring beyond their previous year’s worker count. To bridge the gap between skill sets and available job roles, a spruce-up of 1,000 industrial training institutes with courses designed in tandem with industry has been promised, along with an ambitious (having a strong wish to be successful, powerful, or rich) internship programme for a crore youth in 500 top companies. The details of this intern placement programme will be fleshed out, but the Centre has promised to bear a bulk of the stipend involved. Firms can join the scheme on a voluntary basis and tap their mandatory (made necessary, usually by law or by some other rule) corporate social responsibility funds for the remaining costs. The primacy assigned to tackling the jobs crisis, that the Opposition (strong disagreement) sought to highlight in the electoral battle, marks an acknowledgement of an issue that the government has otherwise sought to paper over.

To be clear, critiques of jobless growth are not unique to this government — even the UPA had faced similar barbs. Part of the problem has been investors’ preference (the fact that you like something or someone more than another thing or person) for capital-intensive investments, not in the least because India’s labour laws are yet to catch up with the rest of the liberalised economy, acting as a disincentive (something that makes people not want to do something or not work hard) against creating larger units with more hands on deck. The distress in recent years has perhaps been more acute, as the informal sector that accounts for a bulk of India’s jobs also took a hit from successive shocks such as demonetisation, the GST rollout and COVID-19 pandemic (of a disease) existing in almost all of an area or in almost all of a group of people, animals, or plants lockdowns. Plans to spur private investments through incentives (something that encourages a person to do something) have focused on production levels rather than new jobs. With even rating majors terming India’s high youth unemployment as a structural threat to its long-term growth potential, the results of this package of good intent that officials believe can nudge hiring plans at the margins, will be watched. But for the broader employment outlook to pick up, the government must do more, including filling lakhs of vacancies in its own ranks expeditiously. Fostering conditions to boost consumption (the situation in which information, entertainment, etc. is intended for a particular group of people) is most critical, as the private sector shall neither feel the need to expand capacity, nor hire more people without that trigger just to avail a subsidy.

Hindu Vocab Wordlist 31st July 2024

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• Facilitate: To make something possible or easier.
• Encourage: To make someone more likely to do something, or to make something more likely to happen.
• Ambitious: Having a strong wish to be successful, powerful, or rich.
• Mandatory: Made necessary, usually by law or by some other rule.
• Opposition: Strong disagreement.
• Preference: The fact that you like something or someone more than another thing or person.
• Disincentive: Something that makes people not want to do something or not work hard.
• Pandemic: (of a disease) existing in almost all of an area or in almost all of a group of people, animals, or plants.
• Incentive: Something that encourages a person to do something.
• Consumption: The situation in which information, entertainment, etc. is intended for a particular group of people.

Hindu Vocab Master 31st July with Synonyms & Antonyms

Know synonyms and antonyms of difficult words in Hindu Vocab Master on 31st July 2024.

Difficult Words	Synonyms & Antonyms
Facilitate	Synonyms: Ease, Aid Antonyms: Block, Cease
Encourage	Synonyms: Boost, Embolden Antonyms: Discourage, Dishearten
Ambitious	Synonyms: Determined, Earnest Antonyms: Lethargic, Unenthusiastic
Mandatory	Synonyms: Compulsory, Binding Antonyms: Free, Inessential
Opposition	Synonyms: Resistance, Action Antonyms: Affection, Accord
Preference	Synonyms: Choice, Desire Antonyms: Hate, Dislike
Disincentive	Synonyms: Deterrence, Dissuasion Antonyms: Aid, Assistance
Pandemic	Synonyms: Common, Broad Antonyms: Exclusive, Abnormal
Incentive	Synonyms: Enticement, Encouragement Antonyms: Hindrance, Discouragement
Consumption	Synonyms: Utilization, Expenditure Antonyms: Construction, Building