Sir — This refers to the article, “Imperatives for job creation in India” (May 30) by Vivan Sharan. A paradigm shift in job creation is, indeed, a crying need of the hour. labour Bureau data says that India has been losing 550 jobs per day.
Instead of protecting labour-intensive sectors like farming, unorganised retail, micro and small enterprises that mainly contribute to current livelihoods in our country, we are going gaga over capital-intensive technology, forgetting our basic needs.