New Delhi/IBNS, June 28 -- As the Indian labour market faces constraints on both demand and supply sides, inter-sectoral linkages can have a multiplicative effect on employment, increasing jobs by over 200% by 2030, relative to the existing scenario, says a research paper of the National Council of Applied Economic Research.

The report on "The Landscape of Employment in India: Pathways to Jobs", presented by Prof. Farzana Afridi at NCAER's India Policy Forum 2025, says increasing the share of skilled work force by 12 percentage points through investment in formal skilling could lead to more than 13% increase in employment in the labour-intensive sectors by 2030.

Outlining some of the policy prescriptions, Prof Afridi and her co-authors ...