The official unemployment data severely underestimates the problem by failing to account for underemployment, disguised unemployment, and those who have stopped searching for work.

“What the government data gives is only one kind of unemployment. It doesn't look at all these three. So, therefore we showed that about 32 crore, 320 million Indians have some proper work. But 280 million Indians don't have proper work.”

The current welfare regime undermines the economic purpose of work by creating a financial disincentive for individuals to seek employment.

“so you're basically our system is robbing work of its economic purpose and denying people the dignity and the ability to improve their lives”

Individuals should never feel ashamed of receiving unemployment benefits because they contributed to the system through their own work.

“Don't never feel bad about unemployment. You work for that money.”