India’s population growth: Is it boon or bane?
2 years, 5 months ago

India’s population growth: Is it boon or bane?

Firstpost  

The greatest growth in population in India, higher than the national average, is taking place amongst the poorest, in the least developed states, amongst the uneducated and malnourished Of the current world population of 8 billion in 2022, India and China account for roughly 2.8 billion, on a more or less equal basis. However, the greatest growth in population in India, higher than the national average, is taking place amongst the poorest, in the least developed states, amongst the uneducated and malnourished. There is a growing urban-rural divide as well, with urban India voluntarily controlling its population growth, fuelled by higher incomes, better awareness and adoption of contraception, education, health and aspiration. This per capita income is the vast gap between India and the developed world even as India’s GDP grows at the fastest amongst all major economies.

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DC Edit | Indians don’t need larger families, only a better life
1 month, 1 week ago

DC Edit | Indians don’t need larger families, only a better life

Deccan Chronicle  

It may suit the political viewpoint of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Samaj, ideological parent of the ruling BJP, to keep igniting the debate over population in India, as its chief Mohan Bhagwat did in saying most recently that a society would perish if its population growth rate fell below 2.1 and that the total fertility rate needs to be at least …

Naidu, Stalin and now Bhagwat flag India’s falling TFR: 8 things to know
1 month, 1 week ago

Naidu, Stalin and now Bhagwat flag India’s falling TFR: 8 things to know

Firstpost  

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat advocated expressed concern over India’s declining population growth and advocated for each couple to have at least three children. He said if the total fertility rate of a society falls below 2.1, it faces risk of extinction Each couple should have at least three children, advocated Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat as he expressed concerns …

From the India Today archives (2021) | India's population policy: Myths and reality
1 month, 1 week ago

From the India Today archives (2021) | India's population policy: Myths and reality

India Today  

When Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath chose the occasion of World Population Day on July 11 to announce a new state population policy, there normally should have been no quarrel about it. After all, the state is India’s most populous, harbouring nearly 200 million people or 17 per cent of India’s population. Population Foundation of India’s executive director Poonam …

Where did India's population grow, and where did it shrink?
1 month, 1 week ago

Where did India's population grow, and where did it shrink?

India Today  

Over the past three decades, India’s population has experienced remarkable changes, with growth and decline playing out across the country in fine detail. Smaller towns and peri-urban regions — non-urban landscape that surrounds or is adjacent to a metropolitan area — have also grown, reflecting the spillover effects of urbanisation Urban areas have seen significant growth, with large clusters around …

Resolving India’s population woes requires political maturity
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Resolving India’s population woes requires political maturity

Al Jazeera  

The best solutions are to be found in getting politicians to behave apolitically and look at the long-term future of the country, not their own immediate gains. Economist Shamika Ravi, a member of the Economic Advisory Council to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, recently commented on X that fertility rates in more than three-quarters of India’s states are now below …

India to contribute 20 pc of global workforce growth between 2023-50, China share to decline: Report
1 month, 3 weeks ago

India to contribute 20 pc of global workforce growth between 2023-50, China share to decline: Report

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: India is set to play a pivotal role in global workforce growth, contributing 20 per cent of it between 2023 and 2050, according to a report by Angel One Wealth. It said, "By 2030 high-income households are expected to triple, while middle-income households will nearly double making India the fastest-growing nation in terms of per capita income". The …

India's population projected to reach 1.53 billion by 2100: How can it leverage this growth?
1 month, 3 weeks ago

India's population projected to reach 1.53 billion by 2100: How can it leverage this growth?

New Indian Express  

India, which became the most populous country in the world in 2023, surpassing China, is projected to have a total population of 1.53 billion by 2100, according to estimates from the United Nations. The UN's population growth estimate projects the total world population to reach 10.4 billion by 2100, based on factors such as fertility rates, increasing life expectancy, and …

Bihar is in need of an economic plan to escape its ‘sub-Saharan India’
2 months ago

Bihar is in need of an economic plan to escape its ‘sub-Saharan India’

Live Mint  

At India’s independence, an explicit government objective was to have a more egalitarian society, coupled with balanced development of different regions; active state intervention was envisaged to reduce disparities. India’s Freight Equalization Scheme introduced in 1952, which aimed to promote even industrial development by subsidizing long-distance transport of key inputs such as iron and steel, possibly contributed to this divergence. …

Shrinking South: The Demographic Dilemma of India's Southern States
2 months, 1 week ago

Shrinking South: The Demographic Dilemma of India's Southern States

New Indian Express  

The demographic transition of India has passed through various stages in different regions, with the southern states facing a demographic disadvantage due to the aging population. Kerala and Tamil Nadu have experienced a decline in the proportion of working-age population, while Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh have seen an increase. This demographic shift has significant economic …

IMF Sees India's Economic Growth and Outlook as Stable
2 months, 2 weeks ago

IMF Sees India's Economic Growth and Outlook as Stable

New Indian Express  

India remains the world's fastest-growing economy, with inflation expected to decline to 4.4% in FY24-25. IMF Director Krishna Srinivasan highlights the country's strong macroeconomic fundamentals, including a large and growing population, favourable harvests, and a stable fiscal situation. Srinivasan suggests that the country focus on creating jobs, removing trade restrictions, and investing in infrastructure and education to strengthen its economy …

India's Growth Outlook: A Beacon of Stability Despite Temporary Slowdown
2 months, 2 weeks ago

India's Growth Outlook: A Beacon of Stability Despite Temporary Slowdown

Deccan Chronicle  

India's growth outlook remains steady despite a temporary slowdown in momentum in the second quarter of 2024-25. The country's aggregate demand is expected to shrug off the slowdown due to the pick-up in festival demand and consumer confidence. Domestic manufacturing and services PMI have shown signs of improvement, while rural demand is expected to get a boost from the improved …

India to Drive 20% of Global Economic Growth in Next Decade: G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant
3 months, 4 weeks ago

India to Drive 20% of Global Economic Growth in Next Decade: G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant

News 18  

India will be driving 20 per cent of the world’s economic growth in the next decade as it continues its march to become the third largest economy globally, according to G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant. The country will be driving 20 per cent of the world’s economic growth in the next decade, he added. “If India is to grow at 9-10 …

‘Further reforms needed for India to reach developed country status by 2047’
5 months, 1 week ago

‘Further reforms needed for India to reach developed country status by 2047’

The Hindu  

Member of Fourteenth Finance Commission M. Govinda Rao has said that to achieve the status of a developed country by 2047, India has to increase its per capita income from the current $2,600 to $14,205. Delivering the Dr. D.C. Pavate Foundation Memorial Lecture at Karnatak University in Dharwad on Friday, Prof. Rao said that to achieve this goal, the country …

India as the world’s population billionaire
5 months, 3 weeks ago

India as the world’s population billionaire

Hindustan Times  

Anxieties over population size and the Earth’s carrying capacity have died down, given the signs of the global population tending towards stability. The rest of the world, consisting of 126 countries, is likely to experience population growth till it attains national peaks only by the end of this century. India could help sustain populations in many other countries through immigration …

Demography and its discontents
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Demography and its discontents

Hindustan Times  

India does not have an official population number after 2011. India is believed to have become the world’s most populous country sometime between January and July 2023 / AFP PHOTO / ARUN SANKAR A country’s demographics, of course, do not wait for official data. The World Population Prospects report released by the United Nations — it is the most authoritative …

India’s population to peak at 1.7bn in 2060s, decline afterwards; China and Japan’s population to reduce significantly
5 months, 4 weeks ago

India’s population to peak at 1.7bn in 2060s, decline afterwards; China and Japan’s population to reduce significantly

Live Mint  

India’s population will most likely peak at 1.7 billion in the early 2060s and is projected to decline after that by 12 per cent. However, according to the World Population Prospects 2024 report released on July 11, the population is expected to decline to 10.2 billion people by the end of this century. The population is currently estimated at 1.45 …

India’s demographic journey of hits and misses
6 months ago

India’s demographic journey of hits and misses

The Hindu  

As we observe World Population Day on July 11, there is much to look at in India’s demographic journey over the decades. With 2030, the target year, drawing closer, India’s progress in the SDGs should be understood particularly in light of its population dynamics. India’s population dynamics Three components, namely fertility, mortality, and migration, play a pivotal role in shaping …

IMF says India's GDP growth to moderate to 7% in 2024 and 6.5% in 2025
6 months, 2 weeks ago

IMF says India's GDP growth to moderate to 7% in 2024 and 6.5% in 2025

Times of India  

NEW DELHI: The International Monetary Fund has forecast that India's GDP is likely to grow to moderate from 8.2% in 2023 to 7% in 2024 and 6.5% in 2025. "In India, the outlook is for GDP growth to moderate from 8.2% in 2023 to 7% in 2024 and 6.5% in 2025, because pent-up demand accumulated during the pandemic has been …

Rural-Urban Consumption Dynamics in India
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Rural-Urban Consumption Dynamics in India

Deccan Chronicle  

Over the past decade, India has witnessed a notable rise in consumption spending in both rural and urban areas, indicating a shift in economic dynamics and lifestyle choices. Furthermore, the changing food habits of the Indian populace have contributed to the evolving consumption patterns observed in both rural and urban areas. In conclusion, the equivalent rise in consumption spending in …

GDP growth impresses, but rural demand remains a worry
7 months, 1 week ago

GDP growth impresses, but rural demand remains a worry

New Indian Express  

India’s economic growth seems to be going gangbusters. Ending nearly a decade-long wait, real GDP growth crossed the 8 percent mark, touching 8.2 percent in 2023-24. Provisional data released by the National Statistics Office also showed that the gross value added—net of subsidies and taxes, and hence considered a better measure of economic activity—grew by 7.2 percent. Agriculture and allied …

Towards a less poor and more equal country
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Towards a less poor and more equal country

The Hindu  

In March, World Inequality Lab, a global research centre focused on inequality and public policies, published a working paper titled, ‘Income and Wealth Inequality in India, 1922-2023: The Rise of the Billionaire Raj’. It states that “the ‘Billionaire Raj’ headed by India’s modern bourgeoisie is now more unequal than the British Raj headed by the colonialist forces.” Inequality undermines both …

ADB pegs India’s GDP growth at 7% in 2024-25, 7.2% next year
8 months, 4 weeks ago

ADB pegs India’s GDP growth at 7% in 2024-25, 7.2% next year

The Hindu  

India’s economy is expected to remain robust over the next two years even though headline growth in the country’s Gross Domestic Product is forecast to slow from 7.6% in 2023-24 to 7% this year before improving to 7.2% in 2025-26, the Asian Development Bank said. “In India, growth is forecast to remain strong as rising consumption complements continued investment growth,” …

A New Book Explores Urbanisation in India and Its Different Facets
9 months ago

A New Book Explores Urbanisation in India and Its Different Facets

The Quint  

The book, Changing Paradigms of Urbanisation: India and Beyond, is a collection of papers on urbanisation and its different facets authored by Om Prakash Mathur over the years 1983-2023. These years have witnessed worldwide and in India, extraordinarily important shifts in the way urbanisation has unfolded itself, in the way it has come to be understood and perceived, and in …

Women, babies, growth: ‘Not a switch that can be turned on and off’
10 months, 1 week ago

Women, babies, growth: ‘Not a switch that can be turned on and off’

Hindustan Times  

Some estimates say India’s population will peak as early as the 2040s – close enough to worry about. Round 5 of the NFHS shows that India’s fertility level is below the replacement rate of 2.1 in all but five states. One is that once women decide to have fewer children, it’s not a switch that can be turned on and …

Poverty levels below 5%, claims NITI Aayog chief
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Poverty levels below 5%, claims NITI Aayog chief

The Hindu  

Less than 5% of Indians are now expected to be below the poverty line, and extreme destitution has almost gone away, a top government official asserted on February 25, citing the findings of the Household Consumption Expenditure Survey for 2022-23. Subrahmanyam, the chief executive officer of the Centre’s think tank Niti Aayog, averred that growth is “broad-based” with rural Indians’ …

Leveraging demographic dividend for Viksit Bharat
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Leveraging demographic dividend for Viksit Bharat

Hindustan Times  

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced the formation of a high-powered committee to address challenges arising from “fast population growth and demographic changes” during the interim budget. One hopes that the committee will look beyond the rhetoric of “population control” and fear-mongering around the population of certain demographic groups, and instead focus on leveraging India’s demographic trends for sustainable development. India’s …

Growth mania can be injurious to society
11 months, 1 week ago

Growth mania can be injurious to society

The Hindu  

The nation’s media, present in full force at the annual conference of the World Economic Forum, dutifully relayed back to India sound bytes uttered by the allies of the world’s giant corporations. Rural wage rates A simple exercise would cast light on how unequal recent growth in India has been. Even for the section of the rural workforce for which …

What should India do to become a wealthy nation by 2047?
11 months, 2 weeks ago

What should India do to become a wealthy nation by 2047?

The Hindu  

In the first session of The Hindu Lit Fest 2024, N. Ravi, Chairman of Kasturi and Sons Limited; Jayati Ghosh, Professor of Economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst; Montek Singh Ahluwalia, former Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission; Sanjay Kaul, development policy analyst and former IAS officer; and T.N. Along with inclusive growth, you also need the development of …

Focus on India's Strengths for Faster Growth: Rajan
1 year ago

Focus on India's Strengths for Faster Growth: Rajan

Deccan Chronicle  

In 2005, Dr Raghuram Rajan, then with the International Monetary Fund, drew disapproving looks from an audience of economists and bankers in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, in the US, when he said the roll-out of complicated instruments, such as credit-default swaps and mortgage-backed securities, made the global financial system a riskier place. Dr Rajan, Katherine Dusak Miller Distinguished Service Professor of …

India Needs to Address Issues Like Malnutrition to Become Developed Country: Rajan
1 year ago

India Needs to Address Issues Like Malnutrition to Become Developed Country: Rajan

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: India needs to address problems like malnutrition to become a developed nation and also focus on its most important asset of human capital, former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan said on Sunday. Speaking at an interactive session on a book co-authored by him at the Indian School of Business, he asked how the country could become a developed one when …

Worrisome: Odisha's population growth rate consistently declines
1 year, 1 month ago

Worrisome: Odisha's population growth rate consistently declines

Deccan Chronicle  

Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s present fertility rate is just 1.8 and it is expected to further reduce to 1.2 in 2036. This apart in three districts – Rayagada, Nabarangpur and Kandhamal — the demographic transition will be higher that is expected to exceed two, indicating a significant regional inequality in demographic transition by 2036, said noted educationist, Professor Amitabh Kundu, here on …

How to maximise the advantage of India’s young population
1 year, 1 month ago

How to maximise the advantage of India’s young population

Hindustan Times  

At 13%, India is one of the top five nations contributing to the global labour force. Three states account for one-third of India's young working-age population : Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Bihar. The national wasted ratio for children under the age of five is 19.3%: Maharashtra has the highest value across major states of 25.6%, followed by Bihar at 23% …

India among top countries with high income, wealth inequality: UNDP report
1 year, 2 months ago

India among top countries with high income, wealth inequality: UNDP report

Live Mint  

India has emerged among top countries with high income and wealth inequality but the share of the population living in multidimensional poverty fell from 25 to 15 per cent between 2015-16 and 2019-21, the UNDP said in a new report. Despite these successes, poverty remains persistently concentrated in states that are home to 45 per cent of the country's population …

Why India should worry about its ageing population
1 year, 2 months ago

Why India should worry about its ageing population

The Hindu  

India’s policymakers have long flaunted the massive economic benefits that the country will reap from its huge youth population. An ageing population, many economists believe, could turn out to mean serious economic trouble unless India manages to grow its economy at a rapid pace in the coming decades. In a report released late last month, the United Nations estimated that …

India may face economic trouble as fertility levels drop
1 year, 2 months ago

India may face economic trouble as fertility levels drop

The Hindu  

India’s policymakers have long flaunted the massive economic benefits that the country will reap from its huge youth population. An ageing population, many economists believe, could turn out to mean serious economic trouble unless India manages to grow its economy at a rapid pace in the coming decades. As more elderly people come to depend on a shrinking working-age population, …

India Needs To Increase Per Capita Income, Says RBI’s Former Governor Rangarajan
1 year, 3 months ago

India Needs To Increase Per Capita Income, Says RBI’s Former Governor Rangarajan

ABP News  

Indian economy needs to grow fast to enhance the per capita income of the country, said the Reserve Bank of India’s former governor C Rangarajan on Saturday. Addressing the 13th convocation of the ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education, Rangarajan lauded India for becoming the fifth largest economy in the world but said this is not enough and work needs to …

'India's Growth Is Good For The World’: PM Modi Exclusive
1 year, 4 months ago

'India's Growth Is Good For The World’: PM Modi Exclusive

News 18  

As India gears up for the G20 Summit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in an exclusive interview with moneycontrol.com, lists out the country’s roadmap, discusses the issue with financially irresponsible policies and steps to tackle inflation. This was an India that had a lot to contribute to every relationship and naturally, our global footprint increased across regions and even countries that …

Data | Measuring India’s relative progress in the past 76 years
1 year, 4 months ago

Data | Measuring India’s relative progress in the past 76 years

The Hindu  

India observed its 77th Independence Day this year. This analysis measures India’s relative performance in the past 76 years compared to other countries across four parameters — GDP per capita, Human Development Index, Infant Mortality Rate and women’s participation in Parliament. Click to remove AMP mode India’s GDP per capita ranking of 24 out of 26 nations analysed remained unchanged …

'GDP growth exemplifies tenacity of people amid global challenges': PM Modi lauds India's outstanding economic progress
1 year, 7 months ago

'GDP growth exemplifies tenacity of people amid global challenges': PM Modi lauds India's outstanding economic progress

Firstpost  

According to data released by the National Statistical Office, India’s economy will see an overall growth of 7.2 per cent in FY23. The country has witnessed steady growth among some of the fastest-growing economies including China and the US Lauding the Indian economy’s exceptional growth in Q4 FY23, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the latest figures by National Statistical …

India’s economy picks up speed amid global slowdown
1 year, 7 months ago

India’s economy picks up speed amid global slowdown

Al Jazeera  

With 6.1% quarterly growth, India remains one of the fastest growing emerging economies, especially as China’s recovery stumbles. India’s economic growth has accelerated to 6.1 percent in the January–to-March quarter, boosted by government and private capital spending even as private consumption remained sluggish, government data shows. The manufacturing sector, which for the past decade has accounted for just 17 percent …

Sadhguru Writes: Urbanise Rural India To Stem Migration
1 year, 8 months ago

Sadhguru Writes: Urbanise Rural India To Stem Migration

ABP News  

Sadhguru writes: Some time ago, I was in Mumbai. If ten million extra people come into each of our cities, no one can live well in these places. If we want to stem migration, we must urbanise rural India. There must be at least eight to ten million 15-16-year-olds in the country right now who think they are educated but …

Why China got population control wrong; India got it right
1 year, 8 months ago

Why China got population control wrong; India got it right

Al Jazeera  

Yes, India has many challenges ahead, but compared with China, it has shown that slow and steady can win the race. Today, as India’s population passes China’s amid a mix of hope and apprehensions about its implications, it’s important to recall those journeys so societies and policymakers draw the right lessons from them. Under India’s federal structure, state governments set …

India as most populous can be more boon than bane
1 year, 8 months ago

India as most populous can be more boon than bane

The Hindu  

China is projected to hand over the baton of the most populous country to India by mid-2023. To answer this, we need to understand: the nature of population growth, size and its composition, as well as mechanisms through which a country translates demographic bonus into economic dividend. With 68% of the working age population in 2023, the country continues to …

Number theory: Can India’s demographic dividend help it overtake the Chinese economy?
1 year, 8 months ago

Number theory: Can India’s demographic dividend help it overtake the Chinese economy?

Hindustan Times  

The United Nations believes that India’s population has overtaken China’s or will do so by July 1. By then, India’s population will be an estimated 1.429 billion, 2.96 million more than China’s estimated population on that day. PREMIUM China’s population will peak in 2029 at 1.44 billion before beginning a period of “unstoppable” decline, a government report said. To be …

India’s population to grow for next 30 decades before declining: UN
1 year, 8 months ago

India’s population to grow for next 30 decades before declining: UN

Live Mint  

After winning the title of being the most populous country in the world, India will continue to expand, in terms of population, for the next three decades, according to UN projections. As per the analysis done by the United Nations' World Population Prospects-2022, India's population is expected to swell up to 166.8 crores by 2050, whereas, China's population would shrink …

India’s population to edge ahead of China’s by mid-2023, says U.N.
1 year, 8 months ago

India’s population to edge ahead of China’s by mid-2023, says U.N.

The Hindu  

India is set to overtake China to become the world’s most populous country by the middle of 2023, according to data released by the United Nations. At a time when there have been increasing calls for imposing a two-child norm in India by various political leaders, and some States such as Assam have issued an order in 2021 to bar …

World’s largest population: Will India gain or lose?
1 year, 8 months ago

World’s largest population: Will India gain or lose?

Al Jazeera  

India has the world’s largest workforce. “The greatest obstacle in the path of overall economic development is the alarming rate of population growth,” India’s health and family planning minister S Chandrasekhar said in 1967. In many ways, this is an indictment of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “Make in India” policies that have been pitched as a means to turn the …

Tapping advantages of population structure
1 year, 8 months ago

Tapping advantages of population structure

China Daily  

A nurse takes care of a newborn baby at Gansu Provincial Maternity and Childcare Hospital in Lanzhou. India's large population is set to boost its international standing, especially as it is already the world's fifth-largest economy and the fastest growing major economy. Although India has a young and dynamic population with high fertility potential, farmers make up more than 70 …

In Kerala, an aging trend bucks India’s booming population
1 year, 8 months ago

In Kerala, an aging trend bucks India’s booming population

Associated Press  

KOCHI, India — When 82-year-old Vasanthi Baby almost tripped while climbing down the stairs in her home in southern India’s Kerala state, she decided, along with her 84-year-old husband V. Baby, to move to an assisted living center. India has a booming workforce and young population, but language barriers, climate threats, minimal federal provisions and an increasing desire among younger …

India’s post-pandemic potential growth could be pushed higher
1 year, 9 months ago

India’s post-pandemic potential growth could be pushed higher

Live Mint  

Three years have now passed since the pandemic brought the world to a standstill. The World Bank has this week released a large database with estimates of potential growth over the years for various countries. First, the World Bank estimates Indian potential growth at 7% a year. Second, Indian potential growth is higher than that of most emerging economies it …

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