Public policy is increasingly aware of the need to give high priority to education and health and also generating employment that is consistent with global competitiveness. In other words, to reap the rewards of demographic dividend, public-policy has a critical role to play.
(vi)  Poverty and employment: the litmus tests  The growth story in any developing country is incomplete without assessing its impact on the poverty and employment situation. The number of people living below the poverty line in India has decreased from around 36 per cent in 1993-94 to 22.0 per cent in 2004-05.