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Podcast: News and Views
Episode: Land Disputes & Lack of Industry: Can Odisha Jobs Crisis Hurt BJD?
Description: As per the leaked National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) report on jobs data in 2017-18, unemployment in Odisha was at a peak of 7.1 percent, one whole percentage point higher than the national average.
Biju Janata Dal’s Naveen Patnaik, who has held on to the chief minister’s chair for the last 19 years, has been unable to resolve the state’s employment divide, with thousands of youngsters continuing to migrate to neighbouring states like Andhra Pradesh in the search for jobs.
The state government’s high-profile deal with POSCO, the South Korean steel manufacturer, had been bil...