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Indian Youth at the Crossroads |
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Vibhuti Patel |
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Every third person in urban India is a youth. In less than a decade from now, India, with a
median age of 29 years, will be the youngest nation in the world. In an economy that is
not growing as it ought, inequitable distribution of income and resources and a society
stressed by forces of a new wave of modernization and divisive forces youth are often the
worst sufferers. Livelihood opportunities shrink, skill upgradation does not take place and
an entire generation misses out the vital experience of early employment. India’s demographic
transformation is creating an opportunity for the demographic burden of the past
to be converted to a dividend for the future. For this to happen the country needs to adopt
a three-pronged policy that will address the issues of employment, livelihoods and the skill
status of youth. |
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