NEW DELHI, Nov 14: President Pranab Mukherjee today said skill development and vocational training should be the focus areas for capitalising on the ‘demographic dividend’ and boosting country’s economic growth.
“Any economic development has to have some social ramifications. In order to keep pace with rapid global changes, we need to consistently fine tune skills of our workforce.
“There is an urgent need to incorporate the skill development and vocational training in the process of our economic growth,” he said while inaugurating the India International Trade Fair (IITF) here.
Mukherjee said India will achieve the demographic dividend by 2030 – 50 per cent of Indian population will be in the age group of working force and world’s largest workforce will be in India.
“If they are not in sync with skills and enhance their employability, instead of being a demographic dividend, they may become a demographic liability. Therefore, we have to keep that objective in mind.” he said. (PTI)
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