Youth Culture and Globalisation
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Another key issue regarding globalisation and labour is the relationship between employment and globalisation. Here too we see the uneven impact of globalisation. For the middle class youth from urban centres, globalisation and the IT revolution has opened up new career opportunities. Instead of routinely picking up B.Sc./ B.A./B.Com. degree from colleges, many young persons are learning computer languages at computer institutes, taking up jobs at call centers or Business Process Outsourcing BPO companies, working as sales persons in shopping malls or picking up jobs at the various restaurants that have opened up. In many ways it was a major political change, namely, the collapse of the erstwhile socialist world that hastened globalisation. And also gave a specific economic and political approach to the economic policies that underpin globalisation. These changes are often termed as neo-liberal economic measures. We have already seen what concrete steps the liberalisation policy took in India. Broadly these policies reflect a political vision of free enterprise which believes that a free reign to market forces will be both efficient and fair. It is, therefore, critical of both state regulation and state subsidies. The existing process of globalisation in this sense does have a political vision as much as an economic vision. However, the possibilities that there can be a globalisation which is different do exist. We, thus have the concept of an inclusive globalisation, that is one, which includes all the sections of society. Another significant political development which is accompanying globalisation is the growth of international and regional mechanisms for political collaboration. The European Union EU, the Association of South East Asian Nations ASEAN, South Asian Association for Regional Corporation SAARC are just some of the examples that indicate the greater role of regional associations.
What does the passage suggest about impact of globalisation on employment?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → It shows an uneven impact with different effects on different groups.
Option (1) It creates equal opportunities for all sections of the society. — Incorrect. The passage says the opposite: the new opportunities go mainly to middle-class youth from urban centres, not to all sections.
Option (2) It shows an uneven impact with different effects on different groups. — Correct. The passage states that in employment “too we see the uneven impact of globalisation”. Urban middle-class youth gain new careers in computers, call centres, BPOs, malls and restaurants, while others do not share these gains.
Option (3) It primarily benefits rural agricultural workers. — Incorrect. The passage names urban youth as the ones who benefit; rural agricultural workers are not mentioned among the gainers.
Option (4) It has universally negative consequences for employment. — Incorrect. The passage shows new career opportunities for some, so the effect is not negative for everyone.
NCERT (2025-26): “Globalisation and Employment Another key issue regarding globalisation and labour is the relationship between employment and globalisation. Here too we see the uneven impact of globalisation. For the middle class youth from urban centres, globalisation and the IT revolution has opened up new career opportunities. Instead of routinely picking up B.Sc./ B.A./B.Com. degree from colleges, many young persons are learning computer languages at computer institutes, taking up jobs at call centers or Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) companies, working as sales persons in shopping malls or picking up jobs at the various restaurants that have opened up.…” |