New Delhi, July 12 (KNN) India is striving for creation of sustainable and quality jobs for country’s huge working age population, said Union Labour and Employment Minister Bandaru Dattatreya.

Speaking at the G- 20 Labour and Employment Ministerial Meeting in China today, he said  generating adequate job opportunities as Government of India’s top priority,

The Minister further stated that a number of forward looking strategic amendments to the existing policy ecology have been introduced to support Startups and MSMEs to make India a nation of job creators instead of job seekers.

Entrepreneurship has been recognized by India as the apt platform to boost innovation based and technology led businesses, he added.

Speaking on the  ‘Model Shop and Establishment Act’, Dattatreya said Government believes that this act will create manifold job opportunities for skilled workforce youth and women; better utilize the infrastructure and bring much needed flexibility in working hours without compromising on standards of working hours or weekly rest. The Act is expected to be adopted by the States and the competition between the States will further help to boost the outcomes.

Micro and Small Enterprises have been given special attention in Make in India programme as they provide employment to the vulnerable groups like uneducated, unskilled, school/college dropouts etc, said the Minister adding that therefore MSMEs not only are the employment providers, but also shoulder the responsibility of containing social issues.

In India constant attempts are made to facilitate support to first generation entrepreneurs and provide support to capacity building of the already existing enterprises for its growth.

“In most of the developing countries like India a majority of work force is engaged in unorganized sector. We have been constantly striving to enable transition from informality to formality,” added the Minister. (With PIB inputs)