India can reap the demographic dividend – but there’s a deadline

Nachiket Deuskar

· Oct 11, 2023 · 09:00 am

India’s ageing population to double by 2050, says UN report

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· Sep 28, 2023 · 03:31 pm

India’s population has not surpassed China’s, claims Centre in Lok Sabha

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· Jul 25, 2023 · 08:13 pm

India surpasses China as most populous country: UN report

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· Apr 19, 2023 · 01:20 pm

While India’s population is growing, women’s participation in its workforce is shrinking

Annie Banerji, Thomson Reuters Foundation

· Mar 30, 2023 · 01:30 pm

China’s population falls for the first time in over 60 years

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· Jan 17, 2023 · 01:02 pm

World population has hit 8 billion, says United Nations

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· Nov 15, 2022 · 01:55 pm

Population control law will be introduced soon, says Union minister Prahlad Singh Patel

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· Jun 01, 2022 · 10:49 am

Does India really need a two-child law?

Shreya Khaitan, IndiaSpend.com

· Dec 19, 2020 · 01:30 pm

In charts: Why most Indian men live with their parents

Alice Evans

· Sep 05, 2020 · 07:30 am

India will be the world’s most populous country by 2027, says United Nations report

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· Jun 18, 2019 · 10:08 am

Ramdev is wrong, India should not adopt a punitive approach to population control

Kanika Sharma Mohan Rao

· Feb 12, 2019 · 02:30 pm

Bihar: ‘People who are less educated have more children,’ says Deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi

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· Jan 16, 2019 · 09:21 pm

India will have fewer children and more of elderly people by 2050, says study

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· Aug 23, 2018 · 01:39 pm

New Delhi will overtake Tokyo to be world’s most populated city around 2028, says UN report

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· May 17, 2018 · 01:19 pm

India’s so-called demographic dividend could easily end up becoming a nightmare: Jairam Ramesh

Jairam Ramesh

· Jan 26, 2018 · 06:30 pm

India’s rising inequality is taking the shine off its growth story even in the world’s eyes

Riaz Hassan

· Dec 23, 2017 · 07:30 pm

India is set to become the world’s most populous country by 2024. But is it ready?

Joseph Chamie Barry Mirkin

· Aug 12, 2017 · 07:30 pm

For India's population growth to slow down, more babies should survive

Prachi Salve, IndiaSpend.com

· Jun 07, 2016 · 09:30 pm

Five charts show how the elderly in India are growing – as is their dependence on young people

Mayank Jain

· Apr 24, 2016 · 08:30 pm