Hindustan Times (Chandigarh)

‘In coming years, economic meltdown in Punjab is being expected to aggravate’

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At present, numerous economists are alarmed by the transferen­ce, owing to potential adversitie­s in home nation. During fierce debates, a common question that arises is “What triggered brain drain?” and the sole underlying reason is found to be social turmoil.

Admittedly, turbulence in their social surroundin­gs persuades youth to relocate to prospering nations in search of a new start.

For instance, Punjab has such exodus prevalent over the past few years. This is as a consequenc­e of job scarcity, incompeten­t governance, escalating crime rate, drug traffickin­g, etc.

Owing to all these issues, individual­s having the capability of migrating to flourishin­g countries are choosing to abandon their motherland.

As per statistics, almost a million Indian profession­als have made the United States, Canada, New Zealand and Australia their new home .

Due to this, Punjab alone has already bled out ₹25,000 crore.

Lastly, considerin­g the downside of this situation, in the coming years, economic meltdown in Punjab is anticipate­d to aggravate. This is sue to more unskilled manpower and fewer profession­al guides. As a result, the once called ‘Glorious Punjab’ has the risk of turning into an unfavoured area.

Optimistic­ally, in favour of the victims — usually students and profession­als — both yield enormous benefits, since being an internatio­nal student proves to be a winwin situation.

In fact Canada, Australia and New Zealand offer chances to settle permanentl­y, once an outlander student finishes his/her tertiary education. Thus, the pain of leaving native land behind is ameliorate­d.

 ?? PHOTO: HTED ?? Gurmilap Singh Dalla, managing director, Macro Global Group of institutes
PHOTO: HTED Gurmilap Singh Dalla, managing director, Macro Global Group of institutes

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