Statement 2 is correct. India has the largest population of adolescents in the world being home to 243 million individuals aged 10-19 years and is regarded as a youthful population with high potential. Since 1971 the proportion of adolescent population has remained around 21 per cent proportion of youth population increased steadily from 16.5 per cent in 1971 to 19.2 per cent in 2011 .
