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Chapter IThe challengeof the decadeis then not justnew jobs, but tomake existinglivelihoodsgenerate moreincome, do soin a stable andsustainablemanner.increase in casual labourers and large number of persons is employed in sectors which are not of highgrowth. All this requires investments in new skills.The Eleventh Plan thrust will be on creating a pool of skilled personnel in appropriate numbers withadequate skills, in line with the requirements of the ultimate users such as the industry, trade and servicesectors. Such an effort is necessary to support the employment expansion envisaged as a result of inclusivegrowth including in particular the shift of surplus labour from agriculture to non-agriculture.The challenge of the decade is then not just new jobs, but to make existing livelihoods generate moreincome, do so in a stable and sustainable manner. *This “State of India’a Livelihoods” Report 2008 isa small contribution to that goal.References1. BASIX-UNDP Rural Livelihoods Studies for Madhya Pradesh Jharkhand States, 20032. Conway, Gordon and Robert Chambers3. Datta, Sankar, Vijay Mahajan and Gitali Thakur “ Livelihoods Resourcebook” 1999, BASIX, Hyderabad.4. Economic Survey 2007-085. Ellis, 2000.6. Fisher, Thomas, Vijay Mahajan, and Ashok Singha, “The Forgotten Sector: Employment and Enterprises inthe Rural Non-Farm Sector In India” 1996, ITDG Publications, Rugby, UK7. Ghosh and Chandrasekhar (2003).8. InfoChange News & Features, March 20089. Mahajan, Vijay, Mona Dikshit and TN Sasidhar “Rural Livelihoods Study for Madhya Pradesh and JharkhandStates”, 2003. Sponsored by the UNDP. BASIX, Hyderabad.10. Mahajan, Vijay, Sandeep Pasrija and Preeti Sahai, “ Financial and Institutional Arrangements for RuralInfrastructure” India Infrastructure Report, 2007, Oxford University Press, New Delhi.11. Mahajan, Vijay, VR Prasanth, Preeti Sahai and Sathyanarayana, “Urban Livelihoods in India – The TripleConstraint of Skills, Space and Services”, BASIX, Hyderabad. 2007.12. Porter, Michael, The Competitive Advantage of Nations13. Sengupta, Arjun, K.P. Kannan, G. Raveendran, “India’s Common People: Who are they, How many are theyand How do they live?” Economic and Political Weekly, March 15, 2008.3838