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White paper examines AI’s effects on India’s workforce
Chief Economic Advisor V. Anantha Nageswaran released a white paper on AI, automation and India’s workforce at an event in Chennai.
The paper was written by three authors from research, academic and government roles.
It says the share of Indian employment exposed to AI has risen modestly since 2012, and that some jobs may be helped by AI rather than replaced by it.
Fewer than 8% of employed people were in these complementary occupations in 2025, while work under substitution pressure remained more common.
The paper says routine work exposed to automation pressure increased by 4.8 percentage points from 2012 to 2025.
AI exposure is more common among younger workers: about 29% of those aged 25 to 34 are in exposed occupations, compared with about 19% of those aged 55 to 64.
Southern States have a larger share of workers in AI-exposed occupations, but the paper says this does not mean the quality of that exposure is higher.
Chief Economic Advisor V. Anantha Nageswaran released a privately authored white paper on AI, automation and India’s workforce at an event in Chennai.
The paper says fewer than 8% of employed people in India were in occupations with a realistic chance of AI complementarity in 2025.
It says work under substitution pressure still outweighed complementary work by half.
The share of employment in routine work exposed to automation pressure rose by 4.8 percentage points between 2012 and 2025.
The paper says AI exposure is concentrated among workers early in their careers and is highest in the southern States.
- Who
- Chief Economic Advisor V. Anantha Nageswaran released the paper. It was authored by Vidya Mahambare, Vivek Jadhav and Vishnu Venugopalan.
- What
- A white paper examined AI, automation and their effects on India’s workforce.
- When
- Sunday, October 11, 2026.
- Where
- Chennai, India.
- Why
- The paper examines who gains from or is exposed to AI and how policy can shape the future of work.
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- Release
- Chennai, Sunday, October 11, 2026
- Authors
- Vidya Mahambare, Vivek Jadhav and Vishnu Venugopalan
- AI-complementary occupations
- Fewer than 8% of employed people in 2025
- Routine work exposed to automation
- Share rose by 4.8 percentage points from 2012 to 2025
- AI-exposed occupations by age
- About 29% of workers aged 25–34; about 19% of those aged 55–64
- Southern States
- Average employment share of 30.9% in AI-exposed occupations
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