**Executive Summary**
NITI Aayog convened the inaugural meeting of the High-Powered ‘Education to Employment and Enterprise’ Standing Committee on May 22, 2026. Proposed in the Union Budget 2026-27, the committee aims to help India achieve a 10% share of the global services market by 2047. The committee is tasked with aligning education, skilling, and employment ecosystems to optimize growth and address the impact of frontier technologies like AI.
**Key Points / Main Content**
**Objectives and Strategic Vision**
* Achieve a 10% global services market share for India by the year 2047.
* Prioritize areas to optimize growth, employment, and exports.
* Assess the impact of frontier technologies, including Artificial Intelligence (AI), on job requirements and skilling.
* Transform India's demographic dividend into a "growth dividend" through productive employment and entrepreneurship.
**Committee Composition**
* **Chairmanship:** CEO, NITI Aayog (Smt. Nidhi Chibber).
* **Government Representation:** Includes the Ministry of Labour and Employment, Department of Commerce, DEA, MeitY, Department of Higher Education, and the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship.
* **Regional Representation:** Governments of Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra, and Uttar Pradesh.
* **Industry and Experts:** NASSCOM, FICCI, CII, FISME, SEPC, and various academic experts.
**Core Discussion Pillars**
* **Labour and Employment:** Focus on labour force participation, youth employment, and the transition of labour toward non-farm sectors.
* **Education and Skilling:** Alignment of educational ecosystems with evolving economic requirements and strengthening industry-relevant skilling pathways.
* **Economy:** Addressing the needs of both the formal and informal sectors and enhancing global value chain contributions.
* **Policy Development:** Creating future-ready policy responses to bridge the gap between education, employment, and entrepreneurship.
**Future Mandate**
* The Committee will meet at regular intervals.
* The focus will remain on identifying actionable recommendations to enhance employability and foster entrepreneurship.
**Impact Analysis**
**Central Ministries and State Governments**
**Impact**
These bodies are now part of a coordinated high-powered structure responsible for aligning national policy with the 2047 services market goal.
**Action Required**
Collaborate across departments to synchronize education, skilling, and employment policies and implement the committee’s actionable recommendations.
**Industry Associations (e.g., NASSCOM, FICCI, CII)**
**Impact**
Industry bodies are positioned as critical stakeholders in defining the "industry-relevant" skills and technological impacts (like AI) that the government must address.
**Action Required**
Provide expertise on workforce preparedness and help develop skilling pathways that align with the evolving requirements of the Services sector.
**Academic Institutions and Experts**
**Impact**
Academia is integrated into the policy-making process to ensure educational ecosystems evolve alongside economic needs.
**Action Required**
Align educational frameworks with the committee’s findings on economic value creation and employment generation.
**Youth and the National Workforce**
**Impact**
The workforce is the primary beneficiary of intended improvements in employment quality, entrepreneurial opportunities, and future-ready skilling.
**Action Required**
While no direct action is mandated for individuals in the document, the workforce will eventually need to engage with new industry-relevant skilling pathways and adopt frontier technologies as per the committee’s future policy measures.
Key Entities Referenced
High Powered ‘Education to Employment and Enterprise’ Standing Committee: A committee proposed in the Union Budget 2026-27 to optimize growth, employment, and skilling in the services sector and assess the impact of frontier technologies like AI.
NITI Aayog: The primary government policy think tank responsible for convening the committee and aligning education, skilling, and employment ecosystems with the economy's requirements.
Union Budget 2026-27: The foundational policy document that formally proposed the establishment of the Standing Committee to help India achieve a 10% share of the global services market by 2047.
Smt. Nidhi Chibber: CEO of NITI Aayog and Chairperson of the Standing Committee who presided over its first meeting to discuss youth employment and workforce preparedness.
NITI Aayog
NITI Aayog convenes the first meeting of the
High Powered ‘Education to Employment and
Enterprise’ Standing Committee
Posted On: 24 MAY 2026 5:37PM by PIB Delhi
The Government’s commitment to fulfil aspirations of a youthful India and to build capacity, with
emphasis on the Services sector, was highlighted by the Finance Minister in her Budget Speech for 2026-
27. Para-51 of the Union Budget 2026-27 proposes setting up of a High-Powered ‘Education to
Employment and Enterprise’ Standing Committee. The Committee is envisaged to help India achieve a
10% share of the global services market by 2047. It will prioritise areas to optimise growth, employment,
and exports, assess the impact of frontier technologies including AI, on jobs and skill requirements, and
recommend appropriate measures.
In this regard a Committee has been constituted under the chairpersonship of CEO, NITI Aayog, with
representatives from the concerned Ministries/Departments, State Governments, Industry Associations,
and Experts/Academia. It includes representation from Ministry of Labour and Employment, Department
of Commerce, Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Electronics & IT, Department of Higher
Education, Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, Department of School Education &
Literacy, Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation, Governments of Andhra Pradesh, Bihar,
Maharashtra, and Uttar Pradesh, NASSCOM, FICCI, CII, FISME, SEPC, and other experts.
On 22nd May 2026, NITI Aayog convened the first meeting of the said Standing Committee under the
chairpersonship of Smt. Nidhi Chibber (CEO, NITI Aayog). The attendees included Smt. Debashree
Mukherjee (Secretary, Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship), Ms. Debjani Ghosh
(Distinguished Fellow, NITI Aayog), and other senior officers from the Ministries/Departments, State
Governments, Industry Associations, and Experts/Academia.
Dr. Sonia Pant, Programme Director, Services Division, NITI Aayog, made a detailed presentation on the
potential of the Services sector both in terms of economic value creation and employment generation. Smt.
Nidhi Chibber, CEO, NITI Aayog, underlined the importance of continued efforts towards aligning
education, skilling, and employment ecosystems with the evolving requirements of the economy. She
observed that India’s demographic dividend presents opportunities to accelerate growth through
appropriate policy measures to create productive employment and entrepreneurial opportunities for the
youth.
The discussions covered a range of issues including labour force participation, youth employment,
education and skill alignment, formal and informal economy, and workforce preparedness for jobs.
Participants also deliberated on aspects such as the transition of labour towards non-farm sectors, adoption
of frontier technologies, and the need for strengthening industry-relevant skilling pathways.
The Committee noted that the Services sector continues to play a pivotal role in India’s economic
development, and highlighting its growing contribution to economic resilience, export competitiveness,
employment quality, global value chains, and potential to contribute to the vision of a Viksit Bharat.The Committee decided to meet at regular intervals and focus on identifying actionable recommendations
to enhance employability, foster entrepreneurship, strengthen industry-relevant skilling, and accelerate
growth in the Services sector. The meeting concluded with a shared commitment to transform India’s
demographic dividend into a growth dividend, enhance coordinated action among the Centre, States,
industry, academia, and the skilling ecosystem, and develop future-ready policy responses for bridging the
gap between education, employment, and entrepreneurship.
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