Union commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday said Germany needs at least 90,000 Indian workers every year, recalling a conversation with the German foreign minister, who told him that the country’s demand was “far more” than that.
“When Indians used to go abroad, our passport had little value. They used to look down on us. Later in his speech, Goyal recalled his conversation with the German foreign minister about the country’s demand for Indian workers.
Now there’s been a 360-degree change,” he said. “When the German foreign minister met me, I said Germany needs 90,000 Indian workers every year.
He said, ‘No, no, we need far more,’” Goyal said. He said the commerce ministry had begun identifying “AI-proof professions” to prepare for the technological changes ahead and harness the skills of the country’s youth. In a separate set of remarks in Berlin on Friday, Goyal said handicrafts, handlooms, culinary strengths and tourism were among the sectors in India that could be less susceptible to artificial intelligence.
