The United Nations Population Fund said on September 26 that the proportion of elderly citizens in India is projected to rise to 20% of the total population by 2050, serving as a reminder that there is no inevitability about the country benefitting from its currently youthful population. With India’s young population projected to start thinning by mid-century, the country will have to take timely measures to overcome hurdles that may stop it from enjoying the higher economic growth having a larger working-age populace promises. A shrinking workforce In April, a United Nations report said that with 142.86 crore people, India…