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Reuters
Reuters
Business
By Ira Dugal

Where are the jobs? India's world-beating growth falls short

Nizamudin Abdul Rahim Khan, 23, a worker, poses for a photograph in an alley at a slum area in Mumbai, India, May 20, 2023. REUTERS/Niharika Kulkarni

On a hot summer afternoon, 23-year old Nizamudin Abdul Rahim Khan is playing cricket on a muddy, unpaved road in the Rafiq Nagar slum in India's financial capital, Mumbai.

Here, there is scant evidence of India's fast-growing economy. Bordering what was once Asia largest garbage dumping ground, Rafiq Nagar and surrounding areas are home to an estimated 800,000 people, most living in tiny rooms across narrow, dark alleys.

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