Employment

Worries about too many people working on Indian farms seem to ignore a crucial fact—a youth exodus has already left the agriculture sector short of workers agile and savvy enough to modernize farming practices. Farmers need to earn more.

It is not here yet. But governments should lay a safety-net

The revised scorecard for FY26-27 comes after the government extended the pilot till December 2026, shifting the focus from youth registrations to internship creation, stipend disbursals and successful completion of internships.

Millions of women in India’s most populous state gained employment over the past eight years, but it’s self-employed dairy farming that accounts for that leap. For socio-economic upliftment, UP still needs many more factory and service-sector jobs for women.

A recent Supreme Court judgment places economic value on the work done by homemakers. That value won’t make it into GDP math, but should find its way into policymaking.

Comments by India's chief economic advisor V. Anantha Nageswaran have kicked up a storm over the relevance of such degrees in the age of AI. But these remarks must be placed in their larger context. Such courses may lose value if we fail to redesign them for the future of India’s economy.

As labour code changes raise statutory payroll costs and squeeze employees' take-home pay, India Inc is expanding tax-efficient allowances and benefits such as meal vouchers, fuel reimbursements, education allowances and professional development support.