To facilitate natural transitions in employment, policies should encourage movement from agriculture to related fields like agri-product processing and retail services.
Authors
Deepanshu Mohan, Professor of Economics and Dean, IDEAS, Office of Interdisciplinary Studies and Director, Centre for New Economics Studies (CNES), O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonipat, Haryana, India
Aditi Desai, Senior Research Analyst, CNES, O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonipat, Haryana, India
Summary
India’s disjointed, highly heterogeneous and stratified employment landscape has seen significant changes over the years, highlighting the importance of identifying which sectors have experienced notable growth and how employment patterns have shifted. While some sectors have the potential to transform the labour market, others have lagged.
There is an urgent need for a comprehensive jobs-oriented industrial policy with an updated employment strategy to not focus on any job creation, but one that has ‘good’ and secured employment for upward mobility while meeting the workforce’s aspirational demands.
Published in: The Wire
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