Opinion | Is PM Modi Anti-Youth? His Decade Of Reforms Says Otherwise

Much of PM Modi's governance has been devoted to ensuring that India's youth are educated, skilled, entrepreneurial, globally competitive and future-ready

Rahul Gandhi’s charge that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is “the most anti-youth prime minister in India’s history" is a political slogan that simply does not survive contact with facts. Governments are judged not by rhetoric but by the opportunities they create. On that yardstick, PM Narendra Modi has done more to empower India’s youth than perhaps any prime minister before him.

The Modi government’s approach has been anchored in one fundamental conviction: India’s demographic dividend is a once-in-a-civilisation opportunity that must not be squandered. Nearly two-thirds of Indians are below 35 years of age, but this youthful advantage will not last forever. Like China, Japan and much of Europe, India too will eventually face an ageing population. The next two decades, therefore, are critical. PM Modi has consistently argued that India must transform its young population into the world’s most skilled workforce, largest entrepreneurial base and strongest innovation engine before this demographic window closes.

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That vision explains virtually every major reform undertaken since 2014.

The first pillar has been an unprecedented expansion of higher education. When the Modi government assumed office in 2014, India had around 387 medical colleges. Today that number has crossed 780. MBBS seats have increased from nearly 51,000 to more than 1.30 lakh, while postgraduate medical seats have more than doubled from around 31,000 to over 74,000. For lakhs of aspiring doctors, these are not statistics........

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