New Delhi, March 29 -- Supreme Court Bar Association President and Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Saturday addressed the special plenary session of the Union Internationale des Avocats (UIA), where he emphasized the urgent need for large-scale skill development, economic reforms, and infrastructure improvements to boost India's manufacturing sector.

Sibal highlighted the challenge of skilling India's youth, stating, "We, in India, need to skill our youth, and that is the challenge we have. Because unless we skill about 500 million people in this country, we will not be able to really take advantage of the great opportunity before us."

Reflecting on India's skill development program, he said, "When I was minister, I started it and took it...