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Background
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Understanding India's demographic profile is crucial for policy formulation in areas like economic planning, social welfare, healthcare, education, and labor markets. The demographic dividend presents an opportunity, while an ageing population poses significant challenges requiring proactive governance.
Demographic transition is a model describing population change over time, involving shifts from high birth and death rates to low rates, typically in four stages. The demographic dividend refers to the economic growth potential that can result from shifts in a population's age structure, primarily when the share of the working-age population (15 to 64 years) is larger than the non-working-age share.