World requires global workforce, can’t escape this reality, says Jaishankar

Jaishankar asserted that the need for a global workforce is a reality that cannot be denied, and called for the model to be made more acceptable, contemporary, efficient.

"This is a reality. You cannot run away from this reality. So how do we create a more acceptable, contemporary, efficient model of a global workforce, which is then located in a distributed, global workplace? I think this is a very big question today which the international economy has to address," Jaishankar said addressing an event on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly session.

Jaishankar's remarks on the importance of a global workforce especially assume importance because of its timing. Last week, the Trump administration introduced big changes to the H-1B visa system, that stands to mainly impact Indians.