Jammu, Dec. 4 -- Job creation in India is critical for economic revival in the post covid era. This is more so as about 11 million people enter job market every year and, according to CMIE, an additional 121 million people have lost jobs in view of the pandemic. They too need to get back their jobs. That apart several million people move out of agriculture in search of jobs outside faming every year. This is a grim situation but global economic and geo-political situation has opened the door to convert this challenge into opportunity.

Former Chief Economic Advisor Arvind Subramanian is right when he said recently in United States that it is a golden opportunity for India to attract labour-intensive manufacturing for exports as many such ...