India has recently become the world’s most populous country, with 68 per cent of its population working age individuals between the ages of 15 and 64. This demographic structure — often referred to as ...

India’s demographic dividend began in the early 1980s and will end by 2040. In contrast, China’s dividend ended in the mid-2010s, but it took full advantage of its 9–10 percent annual growth rate for ...

India’s demographic transition, characterised by declining fertility, rising median age, higher life expectancy and falling dependency, has opened up a ‘window of opportunity’ to move into a higher ...

For too long, India’s policy makers took comfort in the fact that the country’s large population of the youth gave it a distinct demographic advantage. Time has now come to shrug off this sense of ...