We will have to continuously monitor outcomes, says Nirmala Sitharaman
Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. New Delhi: India’s finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented a record ninth budget at a time of global uncertainty. In an interview, she spoke about the government’s efforts at creating more jobs, building industry’s competitiveness, facilitating easier cross-border trade and the investor interest in India’s defence production sector.
Edited excerpts: What do we understand by ‘jobs’? It is productive engagements, so that you are able to make some earnings out of it—to support your family, make your living better. You can be an entrepreneur, a tradesman or a businessman of some sort. So, a task is to help create more entrepreneurs in this country.
There is a special announcement in the budget for that. So, it is not just looking at government jobs. It is to make our youngsters well-endowed with skills and entrepreneurial spirit so that even as they come out of universities, they can confidently say, “Right, I have these skills.
I can do this". So we have taken on the task of job creation with a much broader scope, to relate to the generation which very quickly needs to ramp up capacities and be ready. When we establish medical hubs in the country, every radiologist, anesthetist, and paramedic of any kind—10 types are listed by the health ministry—will find opportunities.
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