demographic dividend

Opinion | As China’s population shrinks, it’s time to look at healthy ageing

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Opinion | As China’s population shrinks, it’s time to look at healthy ageing

This dividend occurs when the proportion of the working population is high, and coupled with globalisation it has seen China become a global manufacturing powerhouse in the last two decades. But gauging a country’s economic prowess just by looking at its population size is simplistic, and it may be misleading. In fact there has long … Read more

Pvt sector needs to step up, match govt’s efforts towards job creation: Anand Mahindra

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Pvt sector needs to step up, match govt’s efforts towards job creation: Anand Mahindra

India’s private sector needs to step up and match the government’s efforts towards job creation and making young people employable, as in the absence of a collective effort, the country’s demographic dividend could become a demographic disaster, Mahindra Group Chairman Anand Mahindra said on Wednesday. In his reaction to the Union Budget for 2024-25, he … Read more