By 2020, India will be the world’s youngest country with an average age of 29 years

Over the last decade, the term demographic dividend has been used repeatedly to describe India’s burgeoning youth population that could hold key to the next wave of economic growth.

By 2020, India will be the world’s youngest country with an average age of 29 years. To put things in perspective, some other countries, including Japan, will be facing an ageing population problem with an average age of 48 in 2020. Many experts and others have focused on what India can achieve with its young population. This article will highlight what India needs to do to ensure that this demographic dividend does not turn in to its biggest liability in the coming decades.................Read more

Source: livemint