Its growing numbers are also a stark reminder of the challenges facing the nation. Read more at straitstimes.com.
In India, around 23 million babies were born in 2022, far outstripping births in any other country.
And it is on the shoulders of these young people that India’s dreams of making the most of its demographic dividend rest. If this child is a girl, her life will not be much different from a boy’s. She is less likely to be employed in agriculture and will marry later than her north Indian counterpart. She will have fewer but healthier and more educated children.
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