India to Be the Youngest Nation in the World By 2020

It highlighted that maternal mortality remains the ‘top cause of death among young women’ in India. While, more than half of young urban women are anaemic, due to inadequate food and nutrition.

As per the report southern and western states will be the first to experience a growth dividend as they accounted for 63 percent of all formally trained people. The biggest share of youth with formal skills was from Kerala, followed by Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat. Among those undergoing training, Maharashtra had the highest share, while Bihar had the lowest. This shows that India is undergoing a demographic transition, but regional disparities in education will not be evenly spread across the nation.

It was also noted that the unequal access to opportunity and the lack of emphasis on education in India remains a constant problem. The report revealed that a person in urban India has 93 percent greater chance of acquiring training than someone in a rural area.

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