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Dwindling demographic dividend India's biggest economic challenge
Hindustan Times Lucknow
|May 19, 2025
Leading economist professor Santosh Mehrotra has raised a red flag regarding what he termed the "biggest economic challenge" facing India today -- its dwindling demographic dividend.
LUCKNOW: Leading economist professor Santosh Mehrotra has raised a red flag regarding what he termed the "biggest economic challenge" facing India today -- its dwindling demographic dividend. Delivering the '21st Frida Laski Memorial Lecture' at the Uttar Pradesh Press Club in Lucknow, Mehrotra emphasised the urgency of job creation as the key to harnessing the country's remaining demographic potential.
"The working-age population (15-60 years) in India is shrinking, and by 2040, it will be at an all-time low," he cautioned.
"That gives us only 15 years to act decisively," he noted.
This story is from the May 19, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times Lucknow.
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