UPPCS 2022 GS-V · 12 marks · 200 words
Examine the demographic dividend available to Uttar Pradesh and the obstacles to realising it.
उत्तर प्रदेश को उपलब्ध जनसांख्यिकीय लाभांश तथा उसे साकार करने की बाधाओं का परीक्षण कीजिए।
What “Examine” demands
investigate the issue closely — how it arose, how it works, what it achieves and where it falls short — looking at both sides.
The characteristic failure: description of what the thing is, with no probing of how well it works.
What a top answer must contain
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- UP is India's youngest large state: median age ~24; ~56% working-age share and rising to mid-century
- Obstacles: LFPR below national average, female workforce participation among India's lowest; NAS/ASER learning gaps
- Migration as symptom: UP among top out-migration states (Census/PLFS evidence)
- State responses: Kaushal Vikas Mission, ODOP employment linkage, Global Investors Summit job pledges — assess, not list
- Conclusion: dividend has a closing window (TFR now ~2.0, ageing begins ~2050)
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