The government think tank NITI Aayog constituted an Expert Task Force to provide a major thrust to job creation by enhancing India’s exports.
NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar will be chairperson of the 15 member task force.
According to NITI Aayog, while the Indian workforce has high aspirations, a majority of the workers are still employed in low-productivity, low-wage jobs in small, micro and own-account enterprises.
An urgent and sustained expansion of the organized sector is essential to address India’s unemployment and under-employment issue.
An important strategy is also to enable a shift towards more labour-intensive goods and services that are destined for exports.
