arunraj tvk health minister Chennai: Nearly 16 in every 100 people in Tamil Nadu are now above 60 years of age, and the proportion is expected to rise to one in five over the next decade, said health minister K G Arunraj on Saturday.At World Population Day events, Arunraj said the state would focus on…
Amit Mohan PrasadWorld Population Day (11 July) this year focuses on empowering young people and enabling them to fulfil their aspirations. The theme is particularly relevant for India, which has a median age of 28.4 years and one of the world’s youngest populations. Yet the question is not whether India’s population is growing or whether…
Mukunda CR, RSS joint general secretary, speaking at an interaction programme held to mark the organisation’s centenary in Mangaluru, Sunday Mangaluru: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) joint general secretary Mukunda CR Sunday raised concerns over India’s demographic transition, calling it a “demographic imbalance”.He was speaking at an interaction on ‘100 years of sangh journey – global…
Prayagraj: The Sangam City’s population is steadily ageing, with the share of residents aged 60 and above projected to rise from 7.14% in 1991 to 9.33% by 2031, according to a study by Prof AR Siddiqui and his research scholar Anjali Umarvaishya of the department of Geography, Allahabad University. The proportion of the 0-14 age…
An uncomfortable but important topic has found its way back into the public discourse of the world’s most populous country, India. Thanks to Tesla boss Elon Musk. The American tech tycoon, who spent the weekend highlighting falling birth rates in the US and other countries such as Australia, weighed in on India’s declining fertility rate….
