For just 7,500 constable posts requiring a Class X pass, nearly 9.5 lakh candidates have applied, which is roughly 127 applications for each available position.
00:00Let me turn tonight to what I call the Get Real India story.
00:03Stories that we believe do not get enough play on primetime television.
00:08Stories that bring you the real story from the ground.
00:139.5 lakh candidates applying for just 7,500 posts of a constable.
00:20That's roughly 127 applications for each post.
00:249.5 lakh candidates, including post-graduates, engineers, even PhD holders, are applying for a job starting salary of just 19,500.
00:36That's exactly what happened during a recently held police constable recruitment exam in Madhya Pradesh.
00:43It only underlines what is perhaps the biggest challenge of our times.
00:47The job crisis facing the youth in India.
00:50Take a look at tonight's Get Real India story.
00:54To become a constable in Madhya Pradesh, one needs to clear class 10th.
01:07This is the basic eligibility to appear for the state police constable recruitment exam.
01:13Recently, applications were invited for 7,500 posts.
01:18The competition is tough.
01:19Nearly 9,50,000 candidates have applied roughly 127 applications for each post.
01:28Among them are 52,000 post-graduates, 33,000 graduates, 12,000 engineers and approximately 50 PhD holders.
01:40The starting salary for a constable is 19,500 rupees.
01:44For Pallavi Chaukikar, an MBA holder, a job closer to home is the traction.
01:51Nidhi Dhotese's reason is simple. She needs a job.
02:14The lure of a government job is what attracted Vijay Varma.
02:33The constable recruitment exam will be held on October 30th.
02:55The number of applications, 9,50,000 for 7,500 posts, is a reminder of the biggest challenge for the country, finding jobs for its youth population.
03:06With Ravish Pal Singh, Bureau Report, India Today.
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