New Delhi, Feb. 1 -- The government's focus on creating jobs for informal and gig workers comes at a time when the economy has been struggling to create enough formal jobs. Therefore, the government is leaning on agriculture, manufacturing, micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs), and startups to generate more employment for the country's burgeoning youth.

For instance, under 'Building Rural Prosperity and Resilience', the government aims to generate new businesses and employment for young farmers, marginal and small farmers, landless families and rural women. "The goal is to generate ample opportunities in rural areas so that migration is an option, but not a necessity," said finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her eighth straig...