India : People and Economy Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh have all fallen during - compared to - , the fall being the lowest for Andhra Pradesh ( . % percentage points) and highest for Maharashtra ( . percentage points). Tamil Nadu ( .
percentage points) and Puducherry ( . percentage points) have registered some increase during - over the previous decade. Take the population growth data of the districts/selected districts of your respective state for total male and female population and represent them with the help of Composite Bar Graph. An important aspect of population growth in India is the growth of its adolescents.
At present the share of adolescents i.e., up to the age group of - years is about . per cent ( ), among which male adolescents constitute . per cent and female adolescents constitute . per cent.
The adolescent population, though, regarded as the youthful population having high potentials, but at the same time they are quite vulnerable if not guided and channelised properly. There are many challenges for the society as far as these adolescents are concerned, some of which are lower age at marriage, illiteracy – particularly female illiteracy, school dropouts, low intake of nutrients, high rate of maternal mortality of adolescent mothers, high rate of HIV and AIDS infections, physical and mental disability or retardedness, drug abuse and alcoholism, juvenile delinquency and commitence of crimes, etc. In view of these, the Government of India has undertaken certain policies to impart proper education to the adolescent groups so that their talents are better channelised and properly utilised. The National Youth Policy is one example which has been designed to look into the overall development of our large youth and adolescent population.
The National Youth Policy (NYP– ) launched in February proposes a holistic ‘vision’ for the youth of India, which is “To empower the youth of the country to achieve their full potential, and through them enable India to find its rightful place in the community of nations”. The NYP– has defined ‘youth’as persons in the age group of – years. The Government of India also formulated the National Policy