Delhi NCR students wish to remain in India for job purpose: Survey

NEW DELHI: Majority of graduation and post graduation students in the national capital region wish to remain in India for job purpose as they expect that the country's economy would grow at a healthy rate in the coming years, an industry survey said.

"84 per cent of graduation and post graduation students in Delhi NCR feel that India's growth story will remain intact in coming times and thus prefer to settle in India for career prospects," a survey by PHDCCI said.

About 3,000 students participated in the survey - 'Youth Economics: Career Expectations' which was undertaken during November 2013-February 2014 to understand the perception of students in terms of their career expectations.

About 40 per cent of the participants said that after the completion of their graduation/post-graduation, they would prefer government jobs, it said.

"Almost all the students unanimously felt that volatility in global and domestic economic scenario have impacted their career planning and expectations," it said.

It also said that over half of the students have curtailed expenditures due to inflationary pressures in terms of food, clothing, transportation and entertainment.

Further, the survey said that India's emerging demographic dividend would place it better in comparison to other countries in the global economic order in the coming times.

"We need to capitalize on this unique demographic advantage by generating more and more employment opportunities," it added.

India's economic growth in 2013-14 was 4.9 per cent and is expected to increase to 5.5 per cent in the current fiscal.