Indian Youth at the Crossroads

Indian Journal of Human Development, Vol. 7, No. 1, 2013

12 Pages Posted: 5 Jun 2018

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Vibhuti Amar Patel

Advanced Centre for Women's Studies, School of Development Studies*; Advanced Centre for Women's Studies, School of Development Studies*

Date Written: January 1, 2013

Abstract

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.

Keywords: Rural and Urban Youth, Employment, Aspirations, Higher Education, Informal Sector, Opportunities, Demographic Transformation

JEL Classification: Z18

Suggested Citation

Patel, Vibhuti Amar, Indian Youth at the Crossroads (January 1, 2013). Indian Journal of Human Development, Vol. 7, No. 1, 2013, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3182360

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