Is India Ready for the Silver Economy? India’s growth journey has been driven by the youth. Today, the same population curve that issupposed to bring a demographic dividend is curving towards the less tumultuous sibling of a demographic dividend — a Demographic Tax. Now the problem for policy makers, employers and investors is not if …
New Delhi – India’s demographic dividend is at a crossroads. While the nation’s youth are more educated than ever, a stark reality is emerging from the latest State of Working India (SWI) 2026 report: a university degree is no longer a guaranteed ticket to a career. In fact, for many, it is becoming a marker …
India’s economy has been booming: real GDP growth recently rose by 7.8% in Q1 FY 2025-26, and official figures show India’s output surpassing Japan to become the world’s fourth-largest economy (PIB, 2025). And is on track to become the world’s third-largest economy India is project-ed to be the world’s fastest-growing major economy (6.3% to 6.8% …
India’s Youth Unemployment Crisis: When Job Seekers Stop Looking for Jobs India's labour market is going through a major crisis that is getting worse day after day. There are millions of young Indians who either can't find appropriate work or have become so disappointed that they have stopped looking for work altogether. The change, from …
