The government is focusing on skilling people across sectors as it will help create economic opportunity, Commerce and Industry Minister Suresh Prabhu said Thursday.
In a video message delivered during the Indo-US Economic Summit, Prabhu highlighted the importance of skilling India's workforce.
"Today, business is experiencing a major paradox - on one hand there is a large number of job seekers, and on the other hand are business leaders looking for the right people to work. To bridge this gap, we must create a skill-based economy," he said.
A a stronger focus on skilling across sectors will generate immense value and ecor of Commerce (IACC)'s North India Council.nomic opportunity for people, he said.
The summit was organised by the Indo-American Chamber of Commerce.
Lalit Bhasin, Summit Chair and Executive Vice President, Indo-American Chamber of Commerce, said that bilateral relationships between the two countries are now taking off at high velocity.
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