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Bhagwat calls youth demographic dividend, urges India-specific progress
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat said on Saturday that India’s youth are a demographic dividend but could become a burden if not guided properly. Speaking at a Lokmat Media Group event in Nagpur,…
The Story in Brief
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat said on Saturday that India’s youth are a demographic dividend but could become a burden if not guided properly. Speaking at a Lokmat Media Group event in Nagpur, he urged young people to consider future generations and said employment must include dignity for labour work, not just formal jobs.
Bhagwat said India should set its own standards for development rather than copy the US, Australia, China or New Zealand. He also called for entrepreneurship and a deeper study of India’s large population and limited geography. Lokmat chairman Vijay Darda said older generations must understand young people’s language and aspirations, while also flagging poor facilities in lakhs of local-body schools.
The Indian Opinion
The lazy version of this argument treats India’s young population as an automatic economic advantage. It is not. Nor is it fair to place the burden mainly on young people to adapt to an India-specific model while schools remain poorly equipped and work lacks security or dignity. Bhagwat’s warning is useful only if matched by measurable action. Will school facilities, employment rates and labour incomes improve over the next decade? Those figures will test the rhetoric.
Sources (2): indiatvnews.com, newindianexpress.com
This story was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above.
