69% Of Urban Indians Think India Is Headed In The Right Direction: Ipsos Survey

About half of Urban Indians are most worried about unemployment while 69 percent of them think that the country is headed in the right direction, according to a survey.

Financial and political corruption, crime and violence, poverty and social inequality, and climate change are the other issues worrying Indians, an Ipsos survey titled What Worries The World found out.

India bucks the global trend of pessimism as 69 percent of Urban Indians feel that the country is on the right track compared to 61 percent global citizens who feel their country is on the wrong track.

"At least 46 percent of Urban Indians polled are most worried about unemployment or joblessness and it has seen a further surge of 3 percent in November (when the survey was conducted) from the previous round of October," said the survey.

Poverty and social inequality are top worries for globaly followed by unemployment, crime and violence, financial and political corruption and healthcare, the survey pointed out.

The survey is conducted monthly in 28 countries via the Ipsos Online Panel system.