Selected Tag: population
Selected Tag: population

India Economy is Growing, But Data Gives a Reality Check on Youth Employment

Low levels of education, limited skills, and concentration in the lowest earnings percentile – these are only some of the issues that ail India’s youth. Further, the gender divide is real, and wide. These factors are keeping the youth from being meaningful partners in India’s growth story.

Smita Roy Trivedi

Abhiman Das

July 30, 2026 at 3:57 AM IST

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Will Better District-Level Data Help Address Regional Inequalities?

One region can skew the data for the entire state and hence sub-regional calculation of GDP is expected to improve evidence-based, decentralised policymaking and targeted interventions across India’s approximately 800 administrative units.

Sharmila Kantha

June 15, 2026 at 8:45 AM IST

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India’s Fiscal Architecture Cannot Manage Two Demographic Futures

As southern India ages and the north remains demographically young, NFHS-6 shows up the limits of a fiscal architecture designed for convergence. 

Sagari Gupta

June 6, 2026 at 4:11 AM IST

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The NEET Paradox and India’s Fragile Demographic Dividend

India’s vast youth population was expected to drive growth. Rising youth disengagement now threatens productivity, investment and stability.

V Thiagarajan

June 2, 2026 at 5:41 AM IST

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Week in Numbers: Tracking India’s Economic Pulse

High-frequency indicators in December pointed to some improvement in urban demand, even as rural demand continued to outpace it.

Datametricx

January 10, 2026 at 12:46 PM IST

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A World With Fewer People

India’s fertility rate has fallen below replacement level, signalling a future of ageing populations, fewer births, and shifting realities.

Michael Debabrata Patra

November 1, 2025 at 3:35 AM IST

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