Reaping the Benefits of Demographic Dividend: Some Issues in India

There is a regular discussion which goes on about demographic dividend and how India is going to be benefited due to its natural advantage of growth in population of young people. The demographic structure appears favourable to India. As on today, India is the youngest country in the world which has the largest number of young working population. However, there are many other challenges and barriers in reaping this so called demographic dividend. In this paper certain issues related to benefits of demographic dividend that India may face are discussed.