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Banga Identifies Five Sectors That Could Create Jobs

Ajay Banga said India could create many more jobs in five important areas.

These areas are infrastructure, agriculture, primary healthcare, tourism and manufacturing.

Building roads and other infrastructure can directly employ workers.

Better infrastructure can also help businesses and communities grow.

Technology and cooperatives could help small farmers get supplies more easily.

Local healthcare clinics would need nurses, technicians and midwives.

Tourism could provide many new work opportunities.

Making more valuable products from minerals, metals and fashion could also create jobs.

Banga said private businesses and smaller companies would play a major role.

Key facts

Five sectors: Infrastructure, agriculture, primary healthcare, tourism and value-added manufacturing.
Key job creators: Private investment and micro, small and medium-sized enterprises.
Infrastructure: Construction can create direct employment, while improved connectivity can enable wider economic activity.
Primary healthcare: Decentralised clinics could require nurses, medical diagnostic technicians and midwives.
Agriculture: Cooperatives using technology could help small farmers access inputs at scale.
Manufacturing: India’s capabilities in minerals, metals and fashion could be developed into higher-value production.
Tourism: Banga described tourism as a major employment opportunity.

thehansindia.com · 3 hrs ago