job placement firms expect the governments renewed push to manufacturing through its make in india programme to start generating new employment opportunities in the next few months the government hopes to create a 100 million new jobs by 2022 the firms estimate that 72 lakh temporary jobs are likely to be created in the next one year it would add 813 per cent to the current jobs pool as investment into manufacturing engineering and related sectors rise they say the make in india initiative has led to an increase in hiring in these segments as well as ecommerce and internetrelated sectors skill development has gained enormous traction with make in india the plan to create 100 smart cities is also expected to fuel job growth says rituparna chakraborty cofounder of teamlease services estimates also suggest that refocusing on indias traditional occupations would potentially create 10 million jobs a year for instance the indian leather development programme trained 51216 youth in the past 100 days and it plans to train 144000 young persons annually four new branches of footwear design development institute at hyderabad patna banur punjab and ankleshwar gujarat are being set up to improve training infrastructure the industry is undergoing acute skill shortage and most of the people trained are being absorbed by the industry there are encouraging signs that make in india is positively impacting generation of jobs says chandrajit banerjee director general cii make in india has the potential to emerge as a force multiplier to provide the emerging workforce with new livelihood opportunities the governments economic policy is predicated on more and more workers moving from farms to industries sandip sarkar professor at the institute of human development projects that this year the number of youth in the age group of 1529 in the workforce would be 153 million this number would rise to 156 million in 2020 and to 158 million by 2025 more than 90 per cent of indias workforce still works in the informal sector mostly on underproductive farms make in india aims to transform india into a global hub of manufacturing whose share in gdp would rise to 25 per cent by 2022 it has identified 25 sectors that would get incentivessupport and has promised to align policies to boost investments in them the sectors that would get a government push include those requiring moderate to low skills such as construction textiles food processing and skillintensive sectors such as aviation defence equipment manufacturing and electronics a multiple set of jobs would be needed under the make in india banner while some would clearly be niche hightechnology opportunities there will be lakhs of jobs anchored around vocational trades and fundamental engineering says prabir jha global chief people officer at cipla one of the key emerging trends is increased focus on improving skills of employees the trend to coach and mentor junior employees and guide them to improve their skill sets would play a significant role in improving skill sets in