NITI Aayog Predicts 10 Crore New Jobs by 2020 Due to ‘Make in India’

New Delhi, Dec 21: NITI Aayog Director General-DMEO and Adviser, Anil Srivastava said Government of India’s flagship initiative ‘Make in India‘ will create 10 crore new jobs by 2020. Srivastava was speaking at an event in New Delhi when he said that in the last couple of years the Government through various initiatives such as Make in India, and Start up India has been looking to increase investment opportunities in the country.

“We are in the midst of fourth technological revolution where there is lot of integration of technology that is taking place. With Make in India, we are targeting on generating 10 crore new jobs by 2020,” said the NITI Aayog DG-DMEO.

Lending its support to the cause, Konnect Worldwide Business Media organized an event Smarttech Manufacturing and Electronics India Congress 2017 in New Delhi. The government has a target to make India Net Zero Imports by 2020 and is implementing several initiatives to promote electronics manufacturing as well.

This event reportedly brought all the stakeholders in the Manufacturing and Electronics ecosystem to discuss on the challenges and opportunities that will enable the country to achieve this target.