Building the future or destroying a generation ? The crisis of delayed recruitment and youth distress in Manipur

Geeteshwori Moirangthem
The future of any State lies in the hands of its youth. However, in Manipur, a serious question continues to haunt thousands of young aspirants: Is the Government building the future of Manipur, or slowly destroying the hopes of an entire generation ?
This is not the first time recruitment notifications have been announced and money collected for application forms. Recruitment drives are meant to fill vacancies and provide employment opportunities. Yet, when exam results are delayed for three to four years, one cannot help but question the efficiency, transparency, and accountability of the system. If vacancies truly exist, why are deserving candidates forced to wait endlessly in uncertainty ?
Delayed recruitment is not just an administrative issue; it is the slow destruction of hope and aspiration. Every delayed result represents a dream postponed, a career interrupted, and a future placed on hold. When frustration replaces hope and migration becomes a necessity, society itself begins to weaken.
If the system cannot declare exam results on time, or continues to delay them for years, then it should stop issuing recruitment notifications and collecting money from desperate aspirants. Do not give false hope to the youth. Recruitment is not just an announcement — it is a promise of opportunity, and delaying justice for years is no different from denying it.
When the youth are distressed, frustrated, unemployed, and forced to migrate to other States and countries, what value does a Smart City truly hold ? Without empowered and hopeful youth, even the biggest dreams of development become meaningless. A city may grow in infrastructure, but if its young generation is leaving in despair, then that dream risks becoming empty and useless.
The Government speaks about promises of a “Smart City,” better education, and improved transportation facilities for the people of Manipur. But what is the real meaning of development if the youth — the backbone of society — are forced to migrate to other States and countries in search of jobs and survival? What is the value of infrastructure when educated young people remain unemployed, distressed, and abandoned by the very system meant to support them?
“I appeal to the Manipur Government: stop giving false promises to the youth. If you cannot declare the exam results on time, stop issuing recruitment notices and creating false hope.
The writer is Principal, Department of Nursing, Mahatma Gandhi University