‘Green jobs’ key to employment crisis?
Author: Samiksha Goel
Green jobs are in the spotlight. It was also apparent in the Union Budget announced recently, as the conversations around the subject have made their way from coffee tables of a limited few households to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s Budget speech. With a focus on generating green jobs, the Budget emphasised on sectors such as artificial intelligence, geospatial systems and drones, semiconductor and its ecosystem, clean mobility systems, space economy and green energy. Green jobs contribute towards the environment, in traditional sectors such as manufacturing and construction, or in emerging green sectors like renewable energy. As more sectors are transitioning to low-carbon models, every job can be green.