Lok Sabha Elections 2024 | What Do Mumbai Youth Want? | Phase 5 Polling In Mumbai | News18 | N18V

Namaste J hind I'm in Mumbai it's election season ladies and gentlemen and often times we are asked when are you going to speak to youngsters who's going to talk to us and when we were out with the citizens Manifesto and we were doing our own coverage a lot of times youngsters said who's talking to us so well we've got the opportunity it's a college break but still early in the morning we've had some students who are affiliated with the I imun at the hsnc University we've all gathered a lot of them almost all of them are firsttime voters studying different streams some just out of 12 some into their first year second year multiple disciplines so the boys and girls good morning thank you very very much and we're going to talk to you and understand your man so as first time voters so let's start from the corner and then we'll go around hi what's your name hi I'm ashwaria I'm currently pursuing travel and tourism from Jin College you think you're going to get up and go out to vote on the day that you got to vote Yes why because it's important to shape the future of our country and it's in our hands right now so why why should we lose this opportunity true so you are not going to lose the opportunity to vote but are netas using the opportunity to speak to you as a youngster as a youth through this whole campaigning through this whole prar do you think have you ever thought that I have not noticed it yet not noticed it yet so what is it that you would like Nas to speak to you about about like to basically tell us that we youth are also important in the country and we are basically the main audience like they kind of tell us that way and not the senior citizens or like the middle-aged people so you you want the youth to be given more bow more importance right but how do they get this bow what do you mean hi what's your name hi my name is morti and I'm currently um a volunteer at iu1 um to answer your question what we can do is um to involve youth more into voting we can um you know collaborate with various um organizations also you know um make sure that you know on social media is where you can because there is where the genzi is you know more active um It also says that you know 76% of um the geny people are um active on Instagram so you know going on social media and you know just um letting them know that voting is important and you know giving the importance to the youth is very important true very well said morti that you should be where the youth are but um one is I'll come out and tell you listen you're youngster you're first time voter you must vote second is I must make you want to vote so what are the issues that will make you want to vote hi what's your name hi uh I am d and I recently completed my 12th board examinations um so the issues which the youth currently faces is the main issue is the unemployment in the country wherein the people who have who are above 18 and Below 24 they do not not get the right opportunities to do their internship or build their work profile so the government should ensure that more and more opportunities are created for the Youth of the Nation especially the people between the age of 18 to 24 so that they uh get something to go and build their profile correct so you're saying that when you graduate when you come out the biggest insecurity is who's going to employ me am I going to be employable right what interesting thing that you said is that the government has to create opportunities where you'll get employment so the government is not job is not to give you jobs but to create Avenues where you will get jobs or jobs are created for you but what kind of jobs and is there Clarity there and today are the Avenues far greater than the traditional doctor engineer MBA hi I'm garima wadwani and I'm a volunteer at I imun so uh what kind of job basically jobs in Tech because nowadays Tech is a lot so if the government uh increases you know jobs in Tech and something like that then uh there may be a lot of J job opportunities in uh geological section because you know nowadays uh previously when people used to think about uh educating their children there were like two three options engineering Medical but now they have a lot of options like they previously also had but now they are more aware so there's entrepreneurship there is uh again geological sector uh this travel and tourism we're standing at a university that is teaching real estate they treating travel and tourism right so the the whole scope is changed yeah there's Hospitality there are a lot of other fields so I guess government and parents as well they should educate their children that yeah there are a lot of possibilities and just medical sector or just engineering won't give you as much money as an entrepreneur would earn entrepreneur with earn I was to come to that aspect that everybody is thinking who will give us jobs but are you as a youngster thinking who can I give jobs to why can't I become an entrepreneur or take a risk is that thought coming to to your head what's your name uh my name is Rohan I currently pursuing management from hinduja college uh in my first year so my thought is that like as an entrepreneur I would like to increase more jobs in manufacturing sector okay uh because like there but but you want to be an entrepreneur yeah I want to be an entrepreneur and that's the reason I'm pursuing management as well so it will help me out in F how to manage your own company your own firm that's the thought so that's nice and along with the manufacturing sector there are various sectors in which jobs can be increased but to currently decrease the unemployment which is currently going on in India uh the best sector will be manufacturing uh all so you you think you need manufacturing sector but for that manufacturing aspect you need skill so if you're getting into manufacturing you need skill hi what's your name hi I'm pus from BBA first year so is again education unemployment are these the relation aspects or are there other things which you would like politicians of today to talk to you about so most of these are quite important for the country's development in uh today's day and age uh when it comes to PO politics uh politician should also look at the middle class recently they've been uh looking at only the poor class and uh the rich class most of them get benefits and uh some people get uh other kind of benefits whereas uh in today's day and age the middle class is getting left out big time so I would like politicians to like do something for even the Middle Class People Like Us so that's okay when you say do something for middle class People Like Us you've just like hit a cord with me but I'm asking you what should be done so there is a bracket which is have knots that's the that's the poor then there is the haves or the rich or the super rich then there is in between that who have something but want more that's the middle class so what should be done so the rich have a very nice equation where they don't pay much tax compared to like even middle class people some of the middle class people are paying more tax than like rich people because as as a percentage of income you're saying or or the portion of income you're saying the portion of income because a lot of the rich people who own like businesses they don't show like drawings they just show it as business expenses so they are never personally taxed whereas a middle middle class man like you me we are salaried people so we have to declare the income and pay tax for it so I'm just saying like there should be some kind of tax benefits for us also correct so if your personal income you should not be allowed to draw it via your business and reduce your personal income because that incidence and that this one is not there L is not there with a salaried person that's why they're saying become an entrepreneurs but then if you can block that loophole are less people going to become entrepreneurs that's a question perses tell me so hi what's your name my name is Dean I'm pursuing BBA from nhsm so looking at his thoughts I agree with him completely like there is are very ra high in inflation and everything that is happening the middle class is just getting squeezed from both the sides they're only looking at the poor and the rich that is completely what he's saying so like recently they spoke about the inheritance tax and when adani and Amani everyone said that they'll shift to Dubai that's when they stopped talking about that recent inheritance tax and they were like okay we won't put it in India and like our other countries have the inheritance tax is it but when was this conversation it was like the news was up 12 hours ago but the Adan and Aman didn't say We'll shift our business but the government's policy has never been wealth distribution or wealth redistribution tax or there was a tax which was there in the' 70s it was abolished now some parties have said that we will try and bringing so they are planning to get back again and which is not a good so so you don't think that you've got more money than I do so I should take some money from you and distribute it to People Like Us is that a good thought funa or is a wrong fun that is wrong because it's their money now so why should we like you know spread the money to give it to each other inheritance feel I'm just asking there are those who feel working hard right they are not working hard they need to work hard to get the money like them ah so this working hard aspect youth of today are they ready to work hard or they want hi my name is chrisan I'm from I'm BB student at Nani Rani School of Management and real estate in my opinion I feel the youth and even all the people of the country should work hard because I think the per capita income of India is very low if DC it's are 2.4 lakhs and we need to go ahead if you want to become a developed country the vied B the vision so we need to increase the PO capital income and for that I feel we really need to work so when an NR Naran morti says that the great growth phase that we as a country are in bhat is in we need to actually work 11 hours not 8 hours we need to work at least 11 hours per day are you in for that are ready do that yeah absolutely I'm all in you're all in but there are others Cora we won't do it I think we need to create that mindset for growth I feel the as Indians we have that mindset for growth and work hard attitude but at the same time we really need to inculcate the smart work attitude just like Americans and China did so I think uh creating that mindset we need a great leader who has those qualities so that the population of that Nation lears from that leader so you got to do hard work and smart work the Chinese have sweat shops we can't do that in our country so we've got to have voluntarily people ready to work the Americans only buy labor we can't can't afford to do that either so we got to figure out our own model right do we have our own model is there a possibility hi I'm heik I study BB at nari to answer a question I think we have a model in place but still in the process I think it's it's a few years down the line where we have something uh that we can say that this is from India and uh we basically build it and we've not really taken from other countri so India as as an it is an identity in so I'm just saying are Indians lazy or are Indians ready to work hard to answer a question Indians are ready to work hard but there are some lazy people there there are some but largely are we those that if you are inspired enough if you are committed enough if we are excited enough we ready to put in hard work hard labor you think we are such people yeah we are such people that are ready to put in hard work so we are not people who would say listen I'm you sit at home 3 days a week I'll give you 300 rupees per day or 500 rupes per day you don't do any work you just chill is does that model work for you or does it say does the model work saying you come out and work and I'll pay you your wages you come out and put in your heart sweat and toil and I'll reward you for that which works so the latter one works where you come and earn your wages is not the other way around where I'll sit at home and you pay me 300 rup a so so so dos that no matter what I'll guarantee you income for 4 days a week even if you work or you don't work money will reach you does that model work or I'll guarantee you income if you step out and work hi what's your name hi my name is umani I'm currently pursuing BBA from nhsm so as per the topic you were just covering up I think the main reason is India really needs to adapt remote working because people really want to start Moonlighting which is basically doing two jobs and for that it's very difficult if you have to be there at the job constantly I think remote working something that Americans have adapted beautifully should also be taken into consideration by Indians and as for the political point of view I think the party is doing a lot of good by starting the Bas power 2047 by adap a sustainable development by the year 2047 but there are a lot of other things where they can be more inclusive about when it comes to youngsters by asking them what their wants and needs are as per all the topics covered since we are the future you are the future okay now let me just open this up uh are you in favor of what NR Naran morti says that we as a nature are in a growth phase so we got to work harder when you're growing you got to work harder do you agree with that because a lot of people said H how can you ask me to work 11 hours a day already I'm working 8 hours why should I work 11 hours where do you stand there are you willing to work if it actually gives you and and if an entrepreneur says you work 11 hours I'll pay you for 11 hours are you willing to work as for the concept I think just because the country is growing does not mean you have to devote 11 hours there's something called a smart working but there are a lot of ways to achieve it more than giving in 11 hours you can find in ways for the company to grow better and get more profit get more profit but when you when somebody talked about Manufacturing in manufactur facturing you have a processing in place you can only put so many things and turn out so much of product in one hour so that means if I work only 8 hours I'll turn out so much if I work 3 hours extra I'm also going to produce a little more so you think this sector balancing is possible huh anybody thought starts there yeah I feel we should adopt Automation and Robotics and even AI for that matter like we can actually implement the Technologies now you saying adapt robotics the other said they're saying there are no jobs give us more jobs employ more labor so this labor versus automation fight is there so as a youngster what do you think how can we strike a balance as a but as a nation we need to actually Mark our presence in the global scenario so I feel we should adopt technology but at the same time we should make sure the youngsters are getting job so we really need to figure the balance right isn't it so it's so on this topic recently uh Mr nanan H had given us a guest lecture and I asked him the same question what do you think of AI and he gave a very smart answer which I liked a lot he said AI is just a tool it's like a mobile phone or like a specs for a person the more you use it the better you use it the better the people can get in their jobs and coming back to your Naran mu's quote I think the harder the person works for a business the more the business grows if you put hard work where it's needed and at the right place at the right time not extra like if you're just putting in extra hours for no sake and there's no growth it's not mindless effort yeah if you put in the proper effort and the calculated efforts on and risks then uh it's pretty pretty six uh straightforward to uh pay extra per hour straightforward and pay extra so you're saying combine a little bit of smart work and hard work where necessary and put in the efforts now let me ask you something and anybody can go for it the Prime Minister engaged with creators he was having a chat with Gamers so at 73 he's trying to speak to what works for you guys but if you want the prime minister to speak more to people like you what would you like him to do so it is not necessarily prime minister Narendra Modi the nation's prime minister let's take off from the template of what PM Modi is doing what would you like the prime minister of the country to do to appeal to you the youth so you can just put your hand up and I'll come to whoever wants to have a go it yes ma'am so I think something that he recently did like start up India in 2017 that was a great Initiative for youngsters who have great ideas and to gather them some more initiative similar to that but do are youngsters a lot of great lot of some more more things around startup you you think uh something to create the appetite for risk uh in your minds because all of us are apprehensive isn't it studies safe life but somewhere others who become entrepreneurs right so you think something like that or what else do you think I think he's doing enough at this point in time as we move forward maybe we can take more initiative what like what um let's say if he's watching this broadcast what would you tell him I think interact more with them so we we as youth also have opinions and ideas so that's what I'm asking what's your opinion what do you want let's say let me give you 30 seconds to think about three things you would like Prime Minister Modi if he gets elected again to address in the first 100 days which is directly concerning youngsters which will tell you by say or whoever becomes a prime minister who that you must do this in my opinion I think the Youth of this country needs decision- making power as well as at the same time we need Unity India is a land of like 1.8 billion and we have billion problems in India and I think youth has a solution for it because we really have that appetite in mind for problem solving so for that we need to gather the youth so it's just the idea why not why don't we create a yua Saba like an assembly of all the young Indians and actually unite them and get their ideas and Implement those ideas because we don't have a voice so we really need to unite first and then take the action so it's like a yua think tank or like a yua Saba from across the country across various sectors and then try and get their ideas and let them pull out ideas and way forwards and continuously saying something one of the suggestions that was made was student body elections across colleges started but in a more peaceful manner Democratic manner so that ideas talking about future policymaking gets into the system yeah now you said you looked at PM Modi so like he's trying to just being a dictator now like he's just doing whatever he feels his right for the country he's not asking the other opinions and everything like he'll go talk to the poor he'll go talk to the rich but in the middle if he's not seeing he's not coming and talk to the middle class which is the main but they are the main service working people hard who are working hard to get the India progress and everything so he should be starting talking to people in like the middle class he should talk to like all the types Rich poor and middle he just look being a dictator and trying to just focus on the rich and the poor okay so he's speaking to the rich and the poor but with the middle class he's as good as a dictator because the middle class is the one that quietly is paying all the taxes it's and they they are the ones getting squeezed from both sides these are the middle class Champions right in the middle of this discussion yes uh so my suggestion is to uh so Modi G is actually doing a lot of work to get foreign companies to invest into India but uh my thought is uh you're giving all benefits tax benefits land benefits different kind of benefits for all these foreign companies to invest but uh maybe you should also give some Indian startups which he is giving a lot of also leway to a lot of startups but maybe some Indian companies that are also aspiring which are like out of the startup phase but they're like in the middle struggling maybe he should like look into that kind of a sector where like they've struggled so there are production link incentives which are there or plis which are there which schemes are there in various sectors but you think that can be expanded and you're saying okay you helped them start up now they are at Mid from mid to large if they need to grow give them some push there and incentive there is that what you uh not really but I'm just saying like see they've helped a lot of foreign companies settle in India like apple has now come and now we've started making iPhones in India which is a great achievement but now if you could have a local brand instead of say an Apple maybe if you had a local brand making it and endorsing it to Apple I think that would have been a better way so as a supplier yeah like a supplier exactly like like a supplier who would have been supplying Parts components and also uh things to to Apple so if apple is sourcing it here somebody is making those parts right so correct but there can be more that can be done yeah uh so my thoughts are that instead of creating another Saba for youth uh why not we encourage you to join the parliament the Lo saaba and in include youth in the Lo saaba itself so that the points can be given on the floor itself uh because if we create another Parliament the voices will not be raised as equal as if they will speak in front of the speaker the president and all along with that uh as you mentioned about critical thinking and gaining Knowledge from the start the PM Narendra Modi has also launched new education policy uh which changed the education system as well because uh in incl including critical thinking problem solving at an early age will help them decide their future as well and right but that NEP needs to be implemented across the board isn't it and the yua SAA is not a formal structure the yua SAA is an informal structure like a think tank So Think Tank doesn't become Parliament the think tank becomes advisory but youth 20 to 29 years old less than 30 years old out of 543 if that is going to grow to about say 600 or 700 very soon post delimitation Etc can we not have 20 or 30 youngsters between 20 and 30 but for that yeah there's a thing like like not not all not all but those who want to do and those who want to bring the real change in India and by raising the voice only we can bring a change and not like including the whole youth in the parliament but at least some voices in the parliament okay so who is Youth for you what age group is Youth for you somebody who's 50 years old is Youth for you somebody who's 40 years old is Youth for you or somebody who's between 20 and 35 is Youth for you who's youth uh so between the age of 18 to 25 or 30 18 to 30 that is youth okay yeah so what I feel is yes 18 to 35 if you uh create that age group and then mentored by those who are experienced that would I I guess create more impact coming back to your previous question uh what would we like so the government should do whatever interests Youth and because you know noway youth is more aware and do like wants to do more for the nation so there are some issues like you know uh sustainability issues uh envirment like you know some issues like this so if the government you know focuses on these issues and directly Converses with the youth on these I guess the impact would be created and then empowering youth to uh speak to youth empowering youth to speak to to communicate better okay so uh according to me uh as he mentioned that the new National Education policy which was implemented PM Modi has uh spread the voice that more vocational subjects should be included like critical thinking risk appetite and mmore so that should be inculcated amongst the youth especially where the traditional Road learning pattern was going on so shifting a focus towards more vocational subjects should be given additionally uh PM Modi has started various like inent for the entrepreneurs and everyone be it making making India or startup India standup India where in he has encouraged the woman entrepreneurs also to step up and empowering the womens to come along so that's an issue which needs to be addressed 2029 you can add on to what you 2029 elections you want to see 33% women representation across all parties yes yes walk the talk right all Nas should work the talk this time they haven't but they've only brought the reservation they going to groom Nas definitely yeah so you also have to be interested then definitely okay course okay tell me how uh so basically um as he said that you know in entrepreneurs as well um in my opinion I should say that um for youth um the main issue that we uh you know face here is unemployment um as a youth I would say that you know U PM Narendra Modi has already um created many job facilities which is great um and I think that he should you know uh continue doing this so that you know more and more youth um as in when they get jobs it can you know create more development in the nation right so creation of jobs because this whole thing about who's going to employ me I am employable but is there a job for me it seems to be a concern across the board but you got to create an environment where more people can yes quickly yeah so according to me the government like as Rohan mentioned that there should be a youth representation in the Lo saaba so for that the youth needs to be empowered to join the politics so basically most according to me most of our people in the generation in our generation are not at all interested in politics to be they going to get them interested into politics so you think at college level student level there should be some level of uh political engagement also election all of that yeah like they can do that like they can obviously bring sort of debate sessions in colleges or maybe in 11 12th standards or maybe they can also host seminars like nearing election time the students of like grade 12th and grade 11th can be made aware about how to vote and how what is the importance of voting because throughout our like according to me in our education I like basically I had no idea how to vote how to register for the voter ID so after turning eting I had I had to research about it for myself so if the if the government can uh host seminars and all all across India and across Colleges and Schools it will be really helpful so you you mean you let's have policy debates let's have politics debate political debates with points of view from youngsters rather than political parties the other aspect is also have a certain semblance of Elections and student body so where conversations will happen elections will happen but in a far more democratic and a serer manner than it was because of which it was stopped in marra across final question to all of you before we wind this up would you want to get jobs seats places based on your Merit that means your score and your socioon IC background that means you have the Haves and the Have Nots so the cut off is the same but if somebody who comes from a say poor household should that person gets your seat or gets a seat ahead of you because even if your cut offs are the same is that okay or if a person gets lesser scores but has a different surname and because of that that person gets the where do you stand on this entire reservation aspect I'm I'm just quickly asking you would you want Merit and this purely soci socio economic condition Have and Have Not to work that okay if there if the person comes from an income household Which is less than say 5 lakh rupes or 7 lakh rupes per anom then that person needs a pushup so that quota is created where do you people stand on this quickly two three people yes yes ma'am I think we have all fac this during our admissions and it was a very difficult procedure since certain colleges only used to take cind the Kota so there was always somebody from the background from a further background that used to get first preference and I think it was very unfair to the ones because it's not anybody's particular fault where they are born in and what their family background is so I think everybody should have an equal vote equal vote and should it be Merit purely on should definitely become Merit and if there is somebody I'm just asking you like you are from a family or let's take me I'm from a family is well too I score 95% you are from a family which is not very well too we come from a humble background you also score 95% the college says I'll give you a chance over you so I'm okay with that but if the college says no your surname is not okay her surname is okay and she's got a quota so that's why she'll get in are you okay with that so what are you okay with it the admission should be on Merit basis only now speaking about that part you know some people are economically like some classes are economically backward and they don't have enough money I guess government should invest more if a kid is preparing for an entrance exam and you're directly giving him College uh regardless of scores you can uh put Financial investment in his coaching so that he studies well and put investment there so that you know he gets all the okay benefits of first so rather than doing it at the ENT at the score at the marks level do it at the preparation level so can you help somebody from a socio economically weaker background be in the education itself the process of Education itself rather than at the time of getting the marks that's what that is what the real test is they will study and then they will give exam then it's okay whatever so you create an environment where they get good quality coaching good quality learning teaching and then it's the Merit of the student and based on that it should be Merit is what you're saying yeah quick word final word yeah yeah so um I think that the base should be uh built well first um so I think that yeah uh sometimes you know there are some um you know things that where the surname matters that you know okay just because your surname or um you know you have low percentage but then to if the surname then you get a free pass I think it should be uh entirely on Merit basis um because everyone has to work hard enough and smart enough have to um you know go there and um you know perform so if I say that if the base is you know formed properly then we can go forward then we can go forward so final word what do you guys think the middle class in the middle so every everyone should be treated equally like there should be any like thing no but you you agree that help in the process of learning help those who cannot afford education to learn but don't decide when the marks come when the marks come give it on Merit see one thing is that something's going not going to change is like bribery and uh like maybe reservation of seats for like a certain Community or something that doesn't change but we should be thankful and uh like for us at least wherever we get we should take the opportunity I genuinely sometimes feel bad for people who are like uh don't get the opportunity and don't get the chance to come to good colleges but uh living in Mumbai there are so many good colleges so maybe sometimes people should not uh you know get worried about if you don't get it here take it there there are options open correct so there are one is you have to create more options you got to have far more number of colleges and institutions so you can the other is that if you he and me score the same marks on what basis should a seat be allotted should it be on the basis of your surname or should it be on the basis of where you're all right to say okay somebody is a poorer background less able background weaker section so that person got ahead of me so it's all right because they honestly on this topic i' would say first come first serve so if we've all got say a 90% And we all all have applied say he's applied first you've applied second I applied third you should get it in that order like whichever the form number is like you should have it that way the reason why like other colleges take interview after even getting the same person they take an interview to see who's the better one so that's the filter system based on again that decides the quantitative aspect is the marks the qualitative aspect is is the interpersonal communication and based on that you should allow a person the thing is that um as in when he mentioned that um you know none of the colleges matter when we go ahead um I feel that um uh it does matter because um I from my personal opinion if I say um if there are two people uh one you know if they want job careers one is from jend and one is from hinduja I will say that you know some of the people will give more preference to Jin as per hinduja um because sometimes you know that college which college background matters but I can see we've run out of time but there are so many examples where people have come from very very ordinary colleges not they don't have big but they had Merit and they had hard work they so at the end of the day Merit and hard work always prospers sometimes it will be a stumbling block but largely it's your own individual effort but overall so are you all going to vote Yes so let me show uh the index finger left index finger to the cameras everyone together it's our campaign here at CNN news8 say together go vote go vote thank you thank you very much great conversation thank you

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