On International Youth Day (August 12), let’s take a closer look at how India’s 420 million strong youth ― defined by the National Youth Policy (2014) as those aged 15-29 years ― are shaping the country’s goal of becoming a developed economy by 2047. Data from Navigating the Youth Frontier for 2024-25 highlight their education, work, income and digital adoption, revealing progress alongside stark rural-urban and economic divides
Published on August 11, 2025
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