{"id":441960,"date":"2026-02-01T02:05:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T02:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/441960\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T02:05:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T02:05:13","slug":"economic-survey-flags-digital-addiction-crisis-warns-of-mental-health-toll-on-indias-youth-businessline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/441960\/","title":{"rendered":"Economic Survey flags \u2018digital addiction\u2019 crisis: Warns of mental health toll on India\u2019s youth &#8211; BusinessLine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi_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?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Economic Survey flags \u2018digital addiction\u2019 crisis: Warns of mental health toll on India\u2019s youth<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BusinessLine<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMizwFBVV95cUxPQTRoUkM0ZGN5UFlPbmplekRrXy0wWnFDemJtTnVIb1J4UkM3cWthQTlUOTNLUVAwT1NEeGw1Q25IbEw0R01uTnlwM3F6Ukczc3VvLXFzX2dkb1NxRmwzbFNaOVV2RGYxWUJBM1JIcWxuUlZUYkh3dEszQkxYbHVua0dBWm9taHVVTXFfdjJVbjcxaXJ2U2xWc0JOejh5VnF3dGVTVURNSkJSdVJyVC0wX1FQdWpQcGFxQmpZRmQzWVVtUVg0UmhBNFhzdTZ3aFU?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Modi ally proposes social media ban for India&#8217;s teens as global debate grows<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Reuters<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMinwFBVV95cUxOYnVZX24xajBvZkZzbC1KRWZDZ2pXOTRjNUJuVDJhSXE1SmNGUFVybGtiakhJN1dUd3JXYTlZQ200OEFwaGh3bmpjSmdGc0NPSWJTOE1Hd25JeVdSR3VFWTc1eDhzQ18yNjlINUtBUkl2QjVVVGZmeHZ4MlF5U3d2VlFZeXlTUDhnRDI4U2tXNk8walRsYnBCVGhvcGh2UEE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Growing calls for under-16s ban in one of world\u2019s largest markets for social media<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Independent<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.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?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Digital Addiction Emerging As Major Concern In Children And Youth: Economic Survey 2025-26<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;NDTV<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMixwFBVV95cUxPb3lzVjV1eHYzVDhxdmp1c19MNmJOV0FwTkZKZGxOT3czZ3dnZWQ3eTlyb29ya1JsSnF4NENBc3ZIdlFhWkVHTHVMNDZIeGt1YU1WX3IzOW1sT25VQmhENmRmQWhBdG5pTUdFS29qSTFsczdEUnB4c094Z0I5U2tCSkNieVdvWnVMRFg5MDM5VWpvdGotRUtMSXRkLXhtTDdITHhqLUhQR2hZSkNabE5LRFQ5QkpjNkVDbkpPMzl4eUxsY1lKS3NZ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Economic Survey has flagged social media addiction &amp; suggested age-based limits. The survey flagged digital addiction as a growing public health risk, linking excessive screen time with anxiety, poor academics &amp; low productivity. With global precedents<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;LinkedIn<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Economic Survey flags \u2018digital addiction\u2019 crisis: Warns of mental health toll on India\u2019s youth&nbsp;&nbsp;BusinessLineModi ally proposes social media&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":404108,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[97,259,260],"class_list":["post-441960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mental-health","tag-health","tag-mental-health","tag-mentalhealth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=441960"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441960\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/404108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=441960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=441960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=441960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}