Children's condition - Wither demographic dividend?
Business Standard - India
India and the international community have been talking about the demographic dividend that India should reap until mid-century. United Nations Population Division data indeed reveal that the share of the working age group of 15-64 years in total population will grow in South Asia until 2040, in some until 2045, and in Afghanistan until 2075. The challenge is to convert this population into productive citizens through nutrition and education. ,…(21 November 2011)

Sanjeev Sanyal: World population - Boom to bust?
Business Standard - India
Tomorrow is World Population Day and we are probably expected to spend it fretting over demographic growth. The United Nations Population Division recently forecast that world population will hit almost 7 billion this year, 9.3bn in 2050 and over 10 billion by the end of this century. It also forecasts that India will surpass China as the world’s most populous country before 2025 and that its population will peak at 1.72bn in 2060.…(10 July 2011)

Indicus Analytics: Baby steps on fertility
Business Standard - India
According to the United Nations Population Division’s projections, by one estimate of constant fertility rate, India’s population is set to exceed that of China in 2022; using a lower fertility assumption, this year is pushed ahead to 2029. ,…(16 December 2010)

Light at the end of the population tunnel: Why India's population will stabilise sooner than expected
Business Standard, Mumbai
the UN’s Population Division estimates that India’s population will be growing at 0.25 per cent per year even in 2050. In my view, these estimates do not fully reflect three powerful dynamics that are emerging.
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Half the world soon to be in cities by end 2008, says UN
Business Standard - Mumbai,Maharashtra,India
Releasing the latest projections on urbanisation, Director of Department of Economic and Social Affairs’ Population Division Hania Zlotnik stressed that the ... (28 February 2008)