Need not just production, but production by masses: India to UN

Need not just production, but production by masses: India to UN

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India has called for giving impetus to “production by the masses,” saying predominantly agrarian nations like it should generate mass manufacturing and foster industrialisation to create jobs for the youth.

“Employment creation and decent work are prerequisites for developing countries to harness their demographic dividend,” India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Asoke Mukerji said.

Mukerji said any development has to result in jobs and “what we need is not just more production, but mass production and production by masses.”

“In predominantly agrarian societies like India, it is important to generate mass manufacturing and foster industrialisation in order to be able to generate the jobs needed by our young generation,” he said at a session on ‘achieving sustainable development through employment creation and decent work for all’ at the Economic and Social Council.

Mukerji said that if sustainable development is about a balanced achievement of economic growth, social inclusion and environmental stewardship, then employment generation must fit-in right at the centre of it.

“Without it, arguably all the three objectives must remain unattainable,” he said adding that employment is the “bedrock” of social inclusion.

Mukerji cited Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who has said that all-round development must be employment-generating and employment must be enabled by skills.

He listed the initiatives taken by India to develop the country as a destination for world-class manufacturing and for skill development.

Mukerji told the meeting that India’s policy aims to boost the share of manufacturing in the country’s Gross Domestic Product from 16% to 25% by 2022 and to create 100 million additional jobs by 2022 in the sector.

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