NITI Aayog's 'Roadmap for Job Creation in the AI Economy' sees up to 4 million new tech jobs in five years
On 10 October 2025 NITI Aayog released a 'Roadmap for Job Creation in the AI Economy', saying India's tech services sector could create up to 4 million new jobs in five years and recommending a National AI Talent Mission.
Summary
On 10 October 2025 NITI Aayog CEO B.V.R. Subrahmanyam released the 'Roadmap for Job Creation in the AI Economy', developed by NITI's Frontier Tech Hub with NASSCOM and BCG. It says AI is already reshaping India's $245 billion technology and customer-experience (CX) sectors, which employ over 9 million people; routine roles such as QA engineers and L1 support agents risk redundancy, and the sector faces significant job displacement by 2031, but it could create up to 4 million new jobs in the next five years. It recommends a National AI Talent Mission built on three pillars, including AI literacy across schools, universities and vocational programmes and a national reskilling engine, working with the existing IndiaAI Mission. NITI Distinguished Fellow Debjani Ghosh said the aim is for India to become the global epicentre of AI talent by 2035.
Key facts
- Report
- Roadmap for Job Creation in the AI Economy — NITI Aayog, 10 Oct 2025
- Prepared by
- NITI Frontier Tech Hub with NASSCOM and BCG
- Opportunity
- Up to 4 million new jobs in 5 years
- Sector size
- $245 bn tech & CX; 9 million+ professionals
- Key proposal
- National AI Talent Mission
- Goal
- Global epicentre of AI talent by 2035
Practice MCQs 2 questions
According to NITI Aayog's 'Roadmap for Job Creation in the AI Economy' (October 2025), India's tech services sector could create up to how many new jobs in the next five years?
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Correct answer: D — 4 million
PIB: the roadmap says India's tech services sector has the opportunity to create up to 4 million new jobs in the next five years.
Consider the following statements about NITI Aayog's 'Roadmap for Job Creation in the AI Economy': 1. It was developed by NITI Aayog's Frontier Tech Hub in collaboration with NASSCOM and BCG. 2. It recommends launching a National AI Talent Mission. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: C — Both 1 and 2
Both are correct. PIB: the roadmap was developed by NITI's Frontier Tech Hub with NASSCOM and BCG, and recommends a National AI Talent Mission working with the IndiaAI Mission.