Lok Bharti

Delhi

img-ourVisionIndias working-age population will rise by 12.5 crore over the coming decade, and by a further 10.3 crore over the following decade. It is almost a cliche to say India is sitting on a demographic dividend. That is, with its growing young workforce, it can look forward to decades of high productivity, economic growth and upward social mobility. What is often ignored is that this tale assumes two things first, there will be availability of productive jobs and second, there will be skilled workers to take on the jobs being created. While the first one is often talked about, skilling and re-skilling young India to become job ready, is equally important, and often treated as secondary. Survey after survey shows that the lack of a job-ready workforce is one of the biggest constraints facing Indian industry.