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Gamify India’s skilling initiatives
Opinion

Gamify India’s skilling initiatives

“While gamified learning incorporates game elements into skill training, simulation-based learning uses virtual environments that mimic real-world scenarios, allowing learners to practice and apply skills in a safe and controlled setting” | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The problem of unemployment has become a contentious issue in economic policy discussions in India in recent times. Economic Survey 2023-24 estimated that India needs to create 78.5 lakh new jobs in the non-farm sector annually until 2030 to meet the demands of the rising workforce. One of the policy prescriptions often suggested to overcome the unemployment challenge is to close the growing gap between the skill sets of job seekers an...
India’s cities, their non-communicable disease burden
Opinion

India’s cities, their non-communicable disease burden

The recent case where a Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) bus driver passed away after cardiac arrest while on duty, has set off discussions on rising poor health outcomes in our cities.Our cities are spread over pockets and layers. These pockets house the most marginalised and vulnerable urban citizens such as informal workers and migrant workers. Our cities run, literally and figuratively, because of bike-borne gig workers, cab and auto drivers, bus drivers and conductors. Our cities shine and are clean because of sanitation workers who are awake before the city does to clean the roads, clear the garbage bins and transport the garbage to sorting stations, waste lands, or landfills, all while staying deprived of hygiene and nutrition while at work. Most of them are not o...