India’s Demography holds both Challenges and Opportunities: Dr. Rajat Kathuria

Speaking at India-EU Cooperation Dialogue on Migration and Mobility at New Delhi organized by ILO and collaborating institutes on 26th September 2017, Dr. Rajat Kathuria, Director and Chief Executive, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER) said that good quality data of a country is the need of the time for informed dialogue and decision. He showcased the India-EU complementarity by stating that EU is going to show decline in primary workforce while in India, the same is expected to increase. This serves as both challenge as well as opportunity for India. He mentioned that in South East Asian countries such as China, Japan and Korea; education, skill, vocational training etc. have preceded their take off for growth through manufacturing sector. India is also focused towards similar trend. In 2050, the total population of India is going to