Efficient job market

Gainful job creation remains a challenge

Policy challenges in India are often complex and layered. In the context of employment, even as the headline unemployment rate declined to a six-year low of 3.2 per cent in the July-June 2022-23 period, India has a serious employment problem. In the absence of remunerative work, a large potential pool of talent remains underutilised and is engaged in casual work. To improve job prospects, the government plans to upgrade the National Career Service (NCS) portal in the coming months. Leveraging artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques, the revamped portal is expected to improve job matching, recommend personalised skilling programmes, and