AI is reshaping the future of jobs, not erasing them

When India's Chief Economic Advisor told a national news agency in June 2026 that “the era of software and MBA dominance is over”, the line travelled fast and was widely misread as a warning that artificial intelligence (AI) is about to erase white-collar work. The fuller message was the opposite. He was pointing to a shift in the kind of skills that will be valued, not to a collapse in the number of jobs available. Across India's own official assessments and the most credible global studies, a steadier picture emerges. AI is changing the nature of work far more than it is shrinking the total quantity of it. Some routine tasks are being automated, many roles are being redesigned around AI, and entirely new categories of work are being created. This Info-Pack sets out what the primary data actually shows about AI and jobs over the short and medium term.