NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Arvind Panagariya has said that India needs to work simultaneously on both manufacturing sector leg and services sector leg, but more emphasis should be given to manufacturing sector as it creates jobs in large numbers.
Observing that companies like Maruti in India still employs large number of workers, Panagariya has said that there were perception that robots are going to steal jobs. He also said that deployment of robots by companies need not be a big anxiety as the exercise won’t take away jobs, at least not in the next 20 years. Adding further, he said that they have to use all instruments at their disposal.
On setting of quality standards for products, he pointed out that in an economy like India’s, where there is a large informal sector, the imposition of safety standards is going to be very difficult for several informal sectors and also from regulation point of view, to implement the regulation becomes very difficult. Citing the example of Indian carpet industry, he said that unless it is housed in larger factory organisation, it will be difficult to implement safety and labour regulations as the bulk of the Indian carpet industry is spread out.
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