India, April 4 -- Adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) in India should not raise concerns about job losses as workforce training is preparing people for emerging roles, said Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) secretary S Krishnan.

Speaking at the second edition of Startup Mahakumbh, Krishnan said that AI's potential in different domains may boost productivity across industries such as manufacturing and churn out new job opportunities.

"We, at least in India, don't have to fear job losses as much-which is typically a western fear-because I don't think we have as many white-collar jobs to lose," the MeitY secretary was quoted as saying in an ET report.

He also highlighted that India can leverage training of yo...