Extra Indians have a shot at Harvard than a authorities job. The chances? Simply 0.3%, in accordance with CA and educator Meenal Goel, who is asking for a nationwide actuality verify.
Goel’s viral LinkedIn put up dismantles the parable of job safety within the public sector with brutal statistics. For the Maharashtra Police, 17 lakh utilized—solely 17,000 made the minimize. The SSC 2024 examination? 36 lakh appeared, identical 17,000 chosen. UPSC’s odds have been worse: 9.9 lakh candidates for 1,000 seats—a 0.10% success fee.
“Within the final eight years, 22 crore purposes have been filed for presidency jobs. Solely 7.2 lakh bought chosen,” Goel wrote. “Statistically, it is simpler to get into Harvard or NASA.”
Regardless of this, tens of millions spend years making ready, hoping for ₹30,000-a-month jobs, usually with out fallback abilities. And the system retains failing them.
Goel highlights recurring points: delayed outcomes—like SSC 2018’s three-year wait, 70+ paper leaks since 2017 affecting 1.7 crore aspirants, and an increase in contractual roles providing little to no advantages.
Of the 17 lakh authorities jobs created between 2009 and 2017, 85% lacked employment safety. Departments like well being and schooling are more and more hiring on short-term contracts.
The irony? Whereas the federal government faces a staffing scarcity—10 lakh educating positions stay vacant—tens of millions nonetheless chase roles which will by no means materialize.
In the meantime, India’s non-public sector struggles to seek out certified hires. “Tech Mahindra’s CEO stated 94% of IT grads aren’t job-ready,” Goel famous. English fluency, digital literacy, and {industry} abilities stay main gaps.
“India doesn’t have a job disaster. We have now a abilities and expectation disaster,” she warned, urging aspirants to pursue industry-relevant abilities and set a two-to-three-year restrict on authorities examination prep.
“If not, transfer on. Don’t waste your prime chasing a fable.”
