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To obtain full benefits of demographic dividend, what should India do

To obtain full benefits of demographic dividend, what should India do?

(a)

Promoting skill development

(b)

Introducing more social security schemes

(c)

Reducing infant mortality rate

(d)

Privatization of higher education

Answer:

(a)

Core Books/NCERT

Explanation

b option will not provide any benefit of demographic dividend. Social security schemes can be used for providing security to nonworking population like old-age pension etc. c option is one of the Millenium Development Goal, but it does not provide any benefit of demographic dividend d option can infact have negative effect as it will make education costlier thus making it out of reach of a large section of eligible population