Trump’s policy reversals will have implications for jobs and livelihoods in India
Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Spectacular policy reversals in the United States have seized the news. The tariff and Ukraine wars dominate headlines, but those involve selected targets, not including India so far.
The more universally targeted cleanout of “illegal aliens" in the US carries a message that is abundantly clear. The US has further suggested that voices in Europe demanding a similar cleanout of their migrants are being wrongfully suppressed. Although only a few hundred deportees so far have been of Indian origin, there are serious implications for Indian labour market entrants.
Nation states across the globe are now squarely responsible for providing jobs and livelihoods for populations within their respective borders. Migrants with high skills or investible capital will be invited into the US and elsewhere, leaving behind a labour pool of whom some will be skilled, but the majority not skilled suitably for absorption into jobs in the formal sector, leaving them to find their own means of survival. The informal sector aspirant, with or without a skill, needs finance for a start.
Let us presume the initial need stands no higher than a credit limit of ₹25,000. Scheduled commercial banks (SCBs) had a total of 383 million loan accounts at end- December 2024 (outstanding, not flows during the quarter), of which loans with a credit limit up to ₹25,000 accounted for 0.2 % of total credit by value. Loans above ₹1 crore accounted for 52.2 %, and within that, loans above ₹100 crore accounted for 27.6% of total outstanding bank credit.
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