"New data shows decline in campus placements": Jairam Ramesh slams Modi govt

Congress MP Jairam Ramesh on Monday slammed the Modi government for allegedly "hiding" the data from the IITs showing a "significant decline" in the percentage of students getting placements and the average salary package drawn by final-year B Tech students through campus placements.


The Congress MP referenced a media report and wrote on X, "New data from the IITs - which the Modi Government compiled but chose not to publish - show a significant decline in the percentage of students getting placements and the average salary package drawn by final-year B Tech students through campus placements".


"Between 2021-22 and 2023-24 - The seven oldest IITs saw a decline of 11 percentage points in students getting placed and a dip of Rs 0.2 lakhs in the salary. The next oldest set of eight IITs saw a decline of 9 percentage points in students getting placed and a drop in the salary package by Rs 2.2 lakhs. The eight newest IITs saw a decline of 7.3 percentage points in students getting placed and a drop in the salary package by Rs 1 lakh," Ramesh alleged.

"The twin problems of mass unemployment and wage stagnation have clearly reached even the students from India's most prestigious higher educational institutions," the Congress MP said.

Earlier, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday raised concern over the "Halting International Relocation of Employment Act" or "HIRE Act," introduced in the US Senate, saying it could have far-reaching consequences for India's IT and services sectors.

In a post on X, he said that HIRE Act reflected a growing mindset in the US that white-collar jobs should not be "lost" to India, just as blue-collar jobs were "lost" to China. This protectionist sentiment could have far-reaching implications for the India-US economic relationship.