Shanghai, Sept. 23 -- India has aligned skilled job roles with around 20 countries as part of efforts to create more overseas employment opportunities for its workforce, a senior official from the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) said on Wednesday.

Speaking to ANI on the sidelines of WorldSkills Shanghai 2026, Manisha Sensarma, Senior Economic Advisor at MSDE, said the government is mapping demand for skilled workers across countries as several global economies face ageing populations.

"What we are doing is that we are now trying to map the job roles with the countries. This exercise we have initiated. There are around 20 countries with which the job roles have already been aligned and this work is on," Sensarma...