Postgraduates, graduates apply for Sweepers' jobs in India

Greater Noida (Uttar Pradesh): Though India is projected as "India Shining" but the real facts are altogether different. Such is the high level of unemployment that graduates and even postgraduates - including an MSc in agriculture - are queuing up to apply for jobs as sweepers in in this satellite town of the national capital - and even wielding the broom to clean dirty roads and drains as part of the practical test.

Following an advertisement for 397 sweeper posts by the district administration of Gautam Budh Nagar, 1,076 applications were received. Among the applicants are more than a dozen postgraduates and graduates. Those selected would get jobs as sweepers in the villages of Gautam Budh Nagar. Read more........................Postgraduates, graduates apply for sweepers' jobs

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