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New Delhi,11/07/2013:-- Youngster participating at the Walk towards Population Stabilization from India Gate on the World Population Day 2013 in New Delhi on Thursday, July 11,2013. Photo:R_V_Moorthy

Investing in adolescent girls is key to development

Frederika Meijer
An old woman, surrounded by images of youth and beauty, watches as life passes by on World Population Day (July 11). Increasing life expectancy, coupled with better medical facilities and high standards of living, raised India's 60-plus population to 71 million (according to Census 2001), a 74 per cent increase annually. The old-age dependency ratio increased to 16.11 in 2001, a 4.8 per cent increase. The country's total population is well over one billion.. Digital Picture By K_K_Mustafah.11/07/06.

The feminisation of old age

Frederika Meijer

The feminisation of old age

Frederika Meijer