World Population Day

Population of India is now 1220220000. In the last decade, population increase of India was actually  less than ever before. There is much less poverty than ever before. Even though there is mismanagement of Indian economy by the political class, general people are having a better quality of living. 
The Indian people are themselves responsible and conscious and have controlled the size of their families. Our government does not coerce family planning but it promotes family planning. 50% of the Indian population is below 25 years old.There is feeling that the young population is an asset but this is just political class trying to capitalise on “democratic dividend” issue. When there is unemployed youth, unskilled youth without goals, it is not going to contribute to the growth of the country.

We can isolate the reasons for increase in population of India. In those states where there is less literacy among the female population, then there is increase in population. The state of Uttar Pradesh has a big population—as many people as Brazil. Many states like Gujarat or Tamil Nadu have better access to health centres, so population control methods are used by the people more here. Advertisement in local language and publicity does have a good influence on the people.With rising cost of living, people cannot afford to have more children. The male female ratio is: 940 females for every 1000 males. There is a reason for this. With increased use of ultra sound in gynaecology, people find out if they are going to have a male or a female child; and they abort the female child long before it could have been born. Being a very strong patriarchal culture, there is great stress to have a male child (as a heir).General belief is that the female child is a burden on resources of the family and the male child contributes to the wealth of the family.  In future, we may have more men and fewer women and no population problems.