NITI Aayog begins exercise to formulate strategy for creating enough jobs for the youth

NEW DELHI: NITI Aayog, the government's premier think-tank, has begun the exercise for formulating a comprehensive strategy that can create enough jobs to absorb the 10 million youth that enter the workforce every year.

NITI Aayog's vice-chairman Arvind Pangariya on Tuesday chaired the first meeting with trade unions and employers to discuss the employment strategy prevailing elsewhere and what needs to be done in India to create more jobs.

A senior NITI Aayog official, who was part of the meeting said various options are being considered. “These include extending special package for employment generation in labour-intensive sectors like leather, gems and jewellery and electronics on lines of the textile sector,” the official said.