PLI SCHEME IS A WELCOME MOVE TO PUSH JOBS IN PANDEMIC PERIOD
LABOUR INTENSIVE SECTORS NEED ALL HELP FOR BOOSTING EMPLOYMENT
2021-09-13 16:07
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Productive linked incentive scheme to stimulate and revive the covid-hit Indian economy is very thoughtful and a welcome development as it weaves in job creation in Modi government’s Atama Nirbhar Bharat. This critical factor that is usually lost while analyzing the possible impact of the scheme in boosting the economy. Majority of Indians still depended on agriculture for jobs. In India 45 per cent of the population still depended on farming which accounts for a mere 17 per cent of GDP. So the need of the hour is to provide jobs to these underemployed but educated youth as urbanization increasingly happens close to clusters of villages. This has twin advantages as the youth could still stay in their villages and work in nearby towns in non-farming industrial jobs.