World Population Day July11 - R R Padmanabhan, Director - Exim Academy

 World Population Day July11



Today as observe World Population Day (do we observe or celebrate?), India is poised to become the most populous country in the world surpassing China by the year 2050. At the moment, the Indian population stands at staggering 139 crores.  By popularly accepted standards, there can be no question of economic development that took place in India since 1947.  Of course, we have made rapid strides in communication, food production and self-sufficiency, vehicle production and science and technology.  But large amount of population continues to be unaffected by all these developments and remains marginalized. 

What we see in India today is what we continue to see right from 1947.  The only difference is the change in magnitude. First and foremost is the continuous increase in the numbers of population that is worrisome.  As per 2011 statistics, the growth rate is annualized at 1.64%.  Needless to say, this means more mouths are to be fed. But this also means there are more hands to work.  As a result, at the moment, we are passing through a phase of Demographic Dividend.  Demographic Dividend signify that there are more people at the working age of 20 to 35 age group. 

Yes, there are more people to work, are they skilled to do jobs?  Unfortunately, we have only unskilled and semiskilled. This is a serious challenge before us now.  If we can fix this issue by 2030, then we can definitely say that our population is no longer a liability but an asset!


R R Padmanabhan,
Director - Exim Academy




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