The crucial aspect of development process has been the inadequate attention paid to Human Resource Development in India. Suggest measures that can address this inadequacy.

Challenges in education:

1. 'learning deficit' enhanced during COVID 19 pandemic ↳ 8th std student lacks reading skills of 2nd std
2. employability of graduates remains low ↳ 70% engineers are unemployed
3. integrity of national level exams compromised ↳ NEET-UG, NEET-PG paper leak
4. access and affordability of quality education is missing

Steps to bridge gap in education:

1. provide quality education through schools ↳ Delhi govt. schools (2) provide remedial classes to bridge learning deficits (3) develop industry-academia linkages for better employment prospects (4) implement National Research foundation, interdisciplinary courses and other provisions of NEP 2020.

Challenges in healthcare: (1) high out of pocket expenditure (2) low doctor to patient ratio (3) access to insurance, hospitals limited

Steps to bridge gap in healthcare: (1) implement universal health coverage (2) provide insurance facilities to poor

Challenges in skill training: (1) lack of vocational studies in schools, colleges (2) no apprenticeship courses post/during college (3) those with higher qualification unwilling to perform other jobs

Steps to bridge skill gaps: (1) vocational training in schools and apprenticeship in college (2) National career service can be integrated with PM Vishwakarma Yojana