Demographic Dividend

India's workforce set to increase to 457.62 mn by 2028: ServiceNow Report

India is on track to increase its workforce from 423.73 million in 2023 to 457.62 million by 2028, reflecting a net gain of 33.89 million workers, a report said on Wednesday. According to a report by American software company ServiceNow, emerging technology will transform talent across India's key growth sectors, generating 2.73 million new tech jobs by 2028. According to the report this surge in demand presents retail professionals with a valuable opportunity to upskill in areas like Software Application Development and Data Engineering, equipping them for a tech-driven landscape. This is followed by manufacturing (1.50 million jobs), education (0.84 million jobs), and healthcare (0.80 million jobs), propelled by expected economic growth and tech transformation, it stated. "AI will be a key catalyst for job creation across India's growth engines, particularly in roles requiring advanced technical skills. This strategic emphasis will not only create more high-value opportunities fo

Demographic dilemma: How inter-state migration can provide a solution

A new delimitation of parliamentary constituencies is overdue, and it might be done on the basis of more recent population numbers

Difficult but crucial: Discussing high immigration and demographic changes

Political correctness should not prevent us from discussing them

Budget 2024: Building foundation to monetise India's demographic dividend

The Budget also places emphasis on leveraging the power of women in the workforce

Demographic destiny

India has a limited window of growth

IMF praises India for maintaining fiscal discipline in election year

For the demographic dividend to be reaped, India has to invest a lot in education and health

India not reaping benefits of its demographic dividend: Raghuram Rajan

India is not reaping the benefits of democratic dividends, former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan said Tuesday, emphasizing that there is need to focus on improving the human capital and enhancing their skill sets. I think we are in the midst of it (democratic dividend), but the problem is we are not reaping the benefits, Rajan said at a conference on Making India an Advanced Economy by 2047: What Will it Take at the George Washington University here. That's why I said 6 per cent growth. If you think that's about what we are right now, take away the fluff in the GDP numbers. That 6 per cent is in the midst of a demographic dividend. It is much below where China and Korea were when they reaped their demographic dividend. And that's why I'm saying we are being overly complicit when we say this is great. This is not because we are losing the demographic dividend because we are not giving those guys jobs, the former RBI governor said. And that leads us to the question, how do we create thos

Accepting our income demographics

With the blurring urban-rural income divide and the diminishing mental and physical distinctions, large mass markets with modest-income consumers are finally emerging

India's demographic time bomb: Committee to study 'fast population growth'

As the population inches towards critical mass, Centre forms a high-powered committee to dissect the challenges of rapid growth, paving the way for solutions in the pursuit of a Viksit Bharat

India's growth story is going to be distinctive, unique: HUL's Rohit Jawa

Says favourable demographics and 'Make in India' drive will provide impetus to growth journey

India's demographic dividend: More talked about than actually encashed

In a country that often touts achievements ahead of their actually being achieved, the story about the demographic dividend being largely wasted is unfortunately likely to continue, writes T N Ninan

Benefits of demographic dividend possible only if health ensured: Rajnath

The minister highlighted the significance of social well-being, which he viewed as a dimension of health besides physical and mental health

Birds, bees and the big question

In the Indian education system, sex education isn't the only subject with gaps. Far too many Indians are functionally illiterate, and far too many drop out during middle school

Declining marriage numbers add to China's demographic conundrum

Fewer people are getting married in China in addition to the falling birth rates, hastening the demographic crisis in the world's most populous country, according to an official data

30 years after 1991: What we achieved as an economy, and what was possible

India's record has been good, relative to how other countries have done and compared also to its own previous three decades, but well short of what is required and what was possible, writes T N Ninan

50 and beyond: How Bangladesh has fared in half a century of its history

Dhaka's justification for breaking away from West Pakistan is now self-evident. If it has done better than New Delhi in 50 years, it has completely outpaced Pakistan on every metric, writes T N Ninan

India's demographic dividend needs to be fully leveraged: Venkaiah Naidu

India's biggest strength is its'demographic dividend' and people need to fully leverage it to fast-track the country's progress in various sectors, Vice- President M Venkaiah Naidu said

More hospitals, fewer schools: India's population trends require solutions

There will be more people in the north, but wealth will be in the south: good governance can manage such rifts, write T N Ninan

The market as weapon: What China has long exploited India has rarely used

Opening up India's market to neighbouring countries can be as strategic as access denial to others. The game should be played both ways, even if it upsets domestic business lobbies, writes T N Ninan

It's advantage India as working-age population will last till 2055: Naidu

On the occasion, Naidu called upon the graduating students to work for the uplift of those who are not as fortunate as them.