With reference to the demographic dividend of India consider the following statements 1 Demogra...........

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With reference to the demographic dividend of India, consider the following statements

1. Demographic dividend is defined as the growth potential that results from shifts in a population’s age structure.

2. India’s working-age population i.e. people between 15 and 64 years of age, has grown larger than the dependent population.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

1 only

2 only

Both 1 and 2

Neither 1 nor 2

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Explanation:

Statement 1 is correct: United Nations defines Demographic dividend as the growth potential that results from shifts in a population’s age structure.

Statement 2 is correct: Since 2018, India’s working-age population (people between 15 and 64 years of age) has grown larger than the dependent population — children aged 14 or below as well as people above 65 years of age. This bulge in the working age population is going to last till 2055, or 37 years from its beginning.