Why India lags behind in imparting skills to its workforce
A vast number of young people in India lack the key skills needed to be employable, according to recent surveys. Upskilling the workforce could boost India s economy by hundreds of billions of dollars.
Job seekers line up outside the venue of a job fair in Chinchwad in February 2019
India has one of the largest workforces in the world: With nearly 500 million people of working age, the domestic labor market is second only to China s and far bigger than those of the United States and the EU.
India also has a much younger population, with an average age of 26.8 years. Tens of millions of students graduate from colleges across the country every year, entering the workforce.
International Migrants Day
Colombo, New Delhi and Bangkok – With the ultimate goal to ensure that labour migration is safe, orderly and regular for all women and men from Colombo Process Member States, three UN agencies today (17/12) launched the Governance of Labour Migration in South and South-East Asia (GOALS) regional labour migration programme, on the eve of International Migrants Day.
GOALS is a three-year programme jointly implemented by the International Organization for Migration (IOM), International Labour Organization (ILO) and the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) and supported by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC).
Joint UN Programme To Support Collaboration and Effective Labour Migration Governance Launched on Eve of International Migrants Day
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Colombo, New Delhi and Bangkok – With the ultimate goal to ensure that labour migration is safe, orderly and regular for all women and men from Colombo Process Member States, three UN agencies today launched the Governance of Labour Migration in South and South-East Asia (GOALS) regional labour migration programme , on the eve of International Migrants Day.
GOALS is a three-year programme jointly implemented by the International Organization for Migration (IOM), International Labour Organization (ILO) and the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) and supported by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC).