Youth as a component of national manpower is highly significant in a country like India. In this volume the demographic and socio-economic profile of the youth power is outlined. In 1981, there were 128 million youth (15-24 years) in India of which only 47.2 percent were employed. 62.2 percent of the females never attended school. Case studies on the changing life style, risk-taking and hazardous behaviour of the present day youth are discussed. The importance of ...
