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India now has the world’s largest population—and is trying to find ways not to.

Tax-exempt hospitals have special obligations to their communities in exchange for that privilege. They report the amounts they spend on community benefits yearly and conduct a community needs assessment at least every three years. There is no doubt that these hospitals both meet and exceed any requirements and expectations that attach to the privilege of tax exemption.

India needs to advance on four broad fronts — urbanisation, infrastructure, up-skilling and broadening its labour force, and boosting manufacturing — to fully cash in on its demographic dividend and reshape the global economy in the process

A fleeting moment in western India on the evening of March 8 will remain etched in Nikita Punjabi’s memory forever: The first glimpse of her newborn daughter…

How quickly India boosts its proportion of city dwellers and whether it can create enough quality jobs to accommodate the shift carries crucial significance for its growth needs.