INDIA EXPERTS 2047IDEAS · PEOPLE · SOLUTIONS
MISSION 02 / INDIA 2047

Jobs — Better work and higher earnings

Expand quality employment, labour participation and future-ready skills.

Illustration of Jobs mission
The mission in brief

What India must achieve

India needs productive, safe and adequately paid work across regions, including better opportunities for women and young people.

Expand paid apprenticeships; improve childcare and safe transport; strengthen MSME access to finance and markets; develop portable skill credentials.

Our 2047 direction: Expand quality employment, labour participation and future-ready skills. Progress should be measured through outcomes experienced by people and businesses, not announcements alone.

Three challenges to solve

1. Skills mismatch

For jobs, this is a system-level constraint. The mission proposes documenting a comparable baseline across states, identifying the institutions responsible and testing solutions before nationwide expansion.

2. Informal work

For jobs, this is a system-level constraint. The mission proposes documenting a comparable baseline across states, identifying the institutions responsible and testing solutions before nationwide expansion.

3. Low workforce participation

For jobs, this is a system-level constraint. The mission proposes documenting a comparable baseline across states, identifying the institutions responsible and testing solutions before nationwide expansion.

Priority solutions

1. Apprenticeships and job pathways

Develop a practical intervention around apprenticeships and job pathways, starting with stakeholder mapping, a clearly defined target population, implementation costs and independent measurement. Compare approaches across Indian states and relevant international peers before recommending scale-up.

2. Entrepreneurship support

Develop a practical intervention around entrepreneurship support, starting with stakeholder mapping, a clearly defined target population, implementation costs and independent measurement. Compare approaches across Indian states and relevant international peers before recommending scale-up.

3. Portable skills credentials

Develop a practical intervention around portable skills credentials, starting with stakeholder mapping, a clearly defined target population, implementation costs and independent measurement. Compare approaches across Indian states and relevant international peers before recommending scale-up.

Roadmap to 2047

2026–2030 Establish transparent baseline and test targeted interventions in jobs.
2030–2040 Scale independently evaluated approaches through public-private collaboration.
2040–2047 Track outcomes, address remaining gaps and update the strategy with evidence.

Outcomes to track

  • Employment-to-population ratio
  • female labour-force participation
  • real earnings
  • apprenticeship-to-job conversion.

Proposed first pilot

Partner with one industry cluster to publish a skills-to-jobs demand map and track six-month placement outcomes.

Evidence and further reading

The linked sources provide context; the mission recommendations are independent editorial proposals, not endorsed by the sources.

Read the detailed research brief →