New Delhi, Jan. 31 -- India's former G20 Sherpa and NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant on Saturday agreed with the Economic Survey's suggestion that India needs to limit social media used on basis of age, like that in other countries including Australia.

In a social media post, Kant said, "100% agree with India's Economic Survey that we need age limits on social media now. It's frying kids' brains, decreasing productivity and focus, and will result in a generation of children that are chronically online and incapable of real-world hard work."

"This is not how we build Viksit Bharat. In fact, we should ban it outright in schools and colleges," he added.

Flagging major concerns over the usage of social media in India, the Economic Survey noted ...