Demographic dividend

Job creation India's biggest challenge: Singapore deputy PM

"India's biggest challenge is jobs. It is a real challenge going forward because India has lost a lot of time, it has lost a lot of time because you have legislation, employment legislation which is anti-employment," he said at the Delhi Economics Conclave here.

Jul 22, 2017, 18:09 PM IST

Economic Survey 2017: Eight interesting facts about India

New estimates based on railway passenger traffic data reveal annual work-related migration of about 9 million people, almost double what the 2011 Census suggests   

Jan 31, 2017, 17:28 PM IST

33 percent of Lok Sabha by 2026 will come from Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal

If India's parliamentary seats were to be re-allocated across states on the basis of population, the Gangetic belt would send 275 of 548 MPs to the Lok Sabha, according to estimates.

May 05, 2016, 16:28 PM IST

Five indicators of India's looming demographic disaster

Abhishek Waghmare/IANS

May 04, 2016, 19:39 PM IST