Demographic dividend can be exploited only if people are actually working, and if they have proper education & skills. India has fallen short on both counts.
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TAXAB believes population stabilisation is the pathway to a more happy and more prosperous India. But experts say it will not only violate women’s constitutional rights but also damage economic growth.
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Lt Gen Hardev Singh Lidder’s book on Operation Sarp Vinash shows why the Indian Army’s 2003 campaign to clear terrorist strongholds in Rajouri-Poonch still matters today.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
Well parts of the subcontinent Can be compared with sub-Saharan Africa. India’s demographic dividend has been squandered. It has missed the boat.Matters will only get worse with the present government, and what with climate change, India is heading towards a catastrophe.
What is the demographic dividend? It has been spoken about widely by all and sundry. But the concept is true only when each mouth is supported by two working hands. But In INDIA, every mouth, other than eating is doing lszying around, participating in caste, community and other organizations to claim reservations, freebies, concessions and not working st all. In addition, everybody knows that few Ph.D. s applied for one or two Group -D ( last grade employee) when applications were called for by UP state government, in addition yo few hundreds M.Phils and masters. Do you say this is demographic dividend or demographic burden? Even engineering degree holders are quite UNEMPLOYABLE as per sri Narsyana Murphy of infosys. First government should try to ignore such false notions and try to control population explosion. Also it should take away education from state and concurrent list and put it into central list and introduce some quality in the education imparted enabling the students to think and act. He’ll with demographic dividend till the.
It’s probably too late. The problems start in the first year of a child’s birth. And the first years in school. After that the damage, in most cases, cannot be reversed.
This demographic dividend will become a demographic nightmare say 30 years from now
An excellent article. Demographic dividend is a deceptive concept. The dividend will be a factor of not only the quantity but quality of the population. There are many methods to reduce the dependency ratio ( thanks to Ruchir Sharma from Rise and Fall of Nations): (1) Raising the retirement age (2) Affording adequate job opportunities to women, who form 50 per cent of the population. (3) Attracting young migrant population from other countries( (4) Stop brain drain of highly skilled persons to other countries. While we may not want invite population inflow from other countries, we may endeavour to adopt other three strategies.
Well parts of the subcontinent Can be compared with sub-Saharan Africa. India’s demographic dividend has been squandered. It has missed the boat.Matters will only get worse with the present government, and what with climate change, India is heading towards a catastrophe.
What is the demographic dividend? It has been spoken about widely by all and sundry. But the concept is true only when each mouth is supported by two working hands. But In INDIA, every mouth, other than eating is doing lszying around, participating in caste, community and other organizations to claim reservations, freebies, concessions and not working st all. In addition, everybody knows that few Ph.D. s applied for one or two Group -D ( last grade employee) when applications were called for by UP state government, in addition yo few hundreds M.Phils and masters. Do you say this is demographic dividend or demographic burden? Even engineering degree holders are quite UNEMPLOYABLE as per sri Narsyana Murphy of infosys. First government should try to ignore such false notions and try to control population explosion. Also it should take away education from state and concurrent list and put it into central list and introduce some quality in the education imparted enabling the students to think and act. He’ll with demographic dividend till the.
It’s probably too late. The problems start in the first year of a child’s birth. And the first years in school. After that the damage, in most cases, cannot be reversed.
This demographic dividend will become a demographic nightmare say 30 years from now
An excellent article. Demographic dividend is a deceptive concept. The dividend will be a factor of not only the quantity but quality of the population. There are many methods to reduce the dependency ratio ( thanks to Ruchir Sharma from Rise and Fall of Nations): (1) Raising the retirement age (2) Affording adequate job opportunities to women, who form 50 per cent of the population. (3) Attracting young migrant population from other countries( (4) Stop brain drain of highly skilled persons to other countries. While we may not want invite population inflow from other countries, we may endeavour to adopt other three strategies.