The Standing Committee on Education for Employment and Enterprise (EEE) set up under the Union Budget 2026-27 held its first meeting to discuss measures to align India’s education and skills ecosystem with labor market demands and decided to meet regularly, officials said on Sunday.
NITI Aayog held its meeting on May 22 under the chairmanship of its CEO Nidhi Chibber, and the committee deliberated on workforce participation, youth employment, skill gaps, workforce readiness and labor transition towards non-agricultural sectors, according to an official statement issued by NITI Aayog.
The committee was proposed in the Union Budget 2026-27 to help India achieve “10% share of global services market by 2047” by identifying priority areas for improving growth, jobs and exports while assessing the impact of frontier technologies, including artificial intelligence, on employment and skill requirements.
The meeting was attended by senior officials from eight central ministries and departments, four state governments and five industry associations, along with experts from academia.
The presentation by the services division of NITI Aayog highlighted the potential of the services sector in “creating economic value and generating employment”.
Chibber, who chaired the meeting, stressed the need to “continue efforts towards aligning education, skills and employment systems with the evolving requirements of the economy”, noting that India’s demographic dividend provides opportunities to create “productive employment and entrepreneurship opportunities for the youth”.
The session also discussed the adoption of emerging technologies and the promotion of industry-relevant skills pathways. It has decided to develop “future-ready policy responses to bridge the gap between education, employment and entrepreneurship” through coordinated action between the Centre, states, industry and academia.
The commission’s mission is to bridge the gap between education, skills, employment and entrepreneurship, while helping transform India’s demographic dividend into a ‘growth dividend’.
