• Shift Workforce: Move workforce away from agriculture to non-farm activities.
  • Promote Manufacturing: Build infrastructure that supports unskilled intensive manufacturing.
  • Skill Development: Focus on “Skilling India” aggressively.
  • Entrepreneurship: Encourage investment in clothing, light manufacturing, food processing.
  • Formalization: Bring more workers into the formal/organized sector.
  • Government and Industry Action: Take underemployment on a war footing.