Connecting India’s youth to global markets could vastly improve rural livelihoods—here’s how
The difficulty is knowing where to begin. There is no shortage of programmes to train people and offer rural livelihoods. But for these programmes to deliver, the first step should be to map what rural India already has, both in skills and products; identify skill shortages and demand by export destinations, and understand the standards, quality specifications and other requirements there. This should then inform structured training programmes for exportable skills and products.
