Indian demographics faces the new challenge of ageing related problems. In this context, discuss the strategies to overcome the challenge, also to increase the productivity of the ageing population. (200 Words)
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KEY POINTS
· Population stagnation, once associated only with the rich economies, is now also seen in middle-income countries — and in those states of India that are also at the upper-middle income level.
· The Economic Survey of 2019 projects total Indian population growth in the two decades between 2020 and 2041 as being just over 12 per cent.
· But this conceals great variation in population growth and fertility across regions and states. Some states, such as Bihar, will grow by 25 per cent — in other words, at historically comparable levels.
· Others, such as Andhra Pradesh (AP), will barely see any population increase the Economic Survey suggests that AP will have its population grow by only 3.4 per cent between 2021 and 2041.
· By the fourth decade of this century, the Survey suggests that the population of Tamil Nadu will actually be shrinking.
· The implications of a changing age distribution will begin to be felt even sooner. By 2031, the size of the working-age population will start to decline in 11 states.
· Kerala, which has impressive human development indicators, saw annual population growth of only 0.5 per cent between 2001 and 2011.
· The Survey reported that the number of elementary schools with under 50 students has increased in the 2010s for every state in the country, with the sole exception of Delhi.
· Health infrastructure will also have to be upgraded to deal with more older patients. With fewer students and a large number of older people to support, the level of human capital imparted to each member of the workforce becomes vital. The macro-economic effects must also be kept in mind.
· India can no longer hope to depend on the growth impetus that came from an increasing proportion of the workforce — unless that is augmented in other ways. Getting more women into the workforce is the only way to counteract this phenomenon.
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Shivangi 5 years
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Good attempt. Keep Writing.
Shantanu tiwari 5 years
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Try to elaborate more on strategies to make the ageing population more productive. Keep Writing.
Manojkumar B 5 years
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Try to elaborate more on strategies to make the ageing population more productive. Keep Writing.
