The slowdown in India's economic growth and prolonged slump in manufacturing have highlighted employment problems as the country's economy has been on the decline for five consecutive quarters.

According to statistics released by the Statistics Bureau, India's economy grew at 5.7 percent in the first quarter of fiscal year 2017 (April-June 2017), a decline for the fifth consecutive quarter.

Since the first quarter of fiscal year 2016 (April-June 2016), India's economic growth has witnessed a downward trend, with GDP growth of 7.9, 7.5, 7, 6.1 and 5.7 respectively.

India's slowing economy has been linked to a prolonged slump in manufacturing.

Due to "scrap" orders and reform of the commodity service tax, the manufacturing has decelerated with only a 1.2-percent growth from April to June, compared with 10.7 percent in the same period last year.

The slowdown in economic growth and downturn in manufacturing have further highlighted India's employment problems. Indian Prime Minister Narandra Modi promised to create 10 million jobs a year, mainly through manufacturing.

With the lackluster manufacturing sector, India only sees more than 10,000 new jobs a month.

Raghuram Rajan, a former governor of India's central bank, said he expected the government to boost economic growth and provide enough jobs for the world's largest labor force.

"We have a so-called demographic dividend, with 1 million people entering the labor market every month," Rajan warned. "If we don't provide the jobs we need, there will be one million dissatisfied entrants. This can cause a lot of social harm."