Automation and Workforce in India: Terrible Consequences or Impossible?

Abstract

The objectives of this note are twofold – to test the current discourse about the impact of technology on work in the light of employment in India, and how the projected gloomy future would unfold. The article attempts to meet the same through four sections. The first section briefly presents predictions about the impact of automation and the related assumptions. The second section is about workforce in India. The third section shares details about the secondary data based on which this article is written. The final section gauges the potential, impact, and possible scenarios of automation on Indian workforce and the society.

Keywords: India, Automation, workfoce, NSSO

JEL Classification: O00, O17, O33