PROBLEMS FACED BY YOUTH IN INDIA: A REVIEW

Authors

  • Moyuri Gogoi Dibrugarh University, Assam, India Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.61841/anfedz85

Keywords:

Future, India, Problem, Welfare, Youth

Abstract

Today’s youth are the future of tomorrow. Youth is the most energetic section of the population of a nation. They hold the capacity to alter the nation at all through the utilisation of their energy. As reported by Census 2011, youth in India constitutes one fifth i.e. 19.1% of the total population and was expected to have 34.33% share of youth in total population by 2020. Hence, India has substantial amount of potentialities which can be manifested in the country’s development as a whole in future. Although Government of India has been constantly evolving policies and programmes for youth welfare;hitherto, youth are facing many serious problems. Thereforeutmost care of this section is need of the hour and for that discussion on the problems of youth is a topic of worth discussion to immediate reach at the solutions. This article is an attempt in this aspect through review of existing literature.

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30.06.2020

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Gogoi, M. (2020). PROBLEMS FACED BY YOUTH IN INDIA: A REVIEW. International Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation, 24(4), 10523-10531. https://doi.org/10.61841/anfedz85