New Delhi, Feb. 16 -- India needs to act quickly on imparting skills to its workforce, given the need to create at least eight million jobs annually at a time when artificial intelligence (AI)-induced productivity is testing the state's capacity to strengthen education and skilling, and expand labour-intensive sectors, chief economic advisor V Anantha Nageswaran said on Monday.

Addressing the AI summit 2026 virtually, Nageswaran said if AI displaces humans faster than people can be trained, if productivity rises without employment elasticity, and if institutional reform lacks technological adoption, there is a risk that India will squander its demographic window and inequality will widen at precisely the moment of greatest technological ...