India Into the Future

With a median age of 27 India is home to the highest number of youth globally. We could be the third-largest economy in the world by 2030 and the second-largest economy by 2050. Investments are pouring in at an unprecedented rate and there is a deluge of billion-dollar startups. The 21st century is being touted as Indias century as our country unleashes itself into a new territory of reforms and growth. Technology has made our case stronger with the ubiquitous Internet and massive structural overhaul in healthcare education and governance. But there is a flip side; no country faces challenges as significant as we do in the 21st century. Climate change can throw us into a tizzy technology can be an impediment when in the wrong hands we are overpopulated and employment is a big challenge. This book explores the challenges for India in the 21st century as we dart into the most significant century in the history of India.