Population Problem in India

Increasing population is a big challenge for India

India is the second-largest populated country in the world after China. According to the 15th Census of India 2011, India's population was 121 crores, which is 133 crores in 2017, 135 crores in 2018, 136 crores in 2019.

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 It is a very fast-growing population. India's population growth rate is 1.76 percent per year. Talking about the world, the population growth rate is 1.3 percent per year, China is 0. 7 percent per year. If we talk about the area of India The area is only 2.4 percent in the world. If we talk about the Indian population, 17. 7 percent of the population lives in India. Indian territory is limited but the population is increasing at a rapid pace. If the population of India continues to grow at such a rapid pace then the day is not far when India will be the most populous country in the world.

Population growth estimates facts

Every year an increase of about 1.5 crores is recorded in the population of India or 15 lakh people are born every month, 70 thousand people per day, 50 people per minute, every fifth person in the world is an Indian. As much of the population of Australia, that population becomes in India in one and a half years, it would not be an exaggeration to say that in the coming time, the Indian population will be the world's largest population.

Due to rapid population growth

• High birth rate, the low death rate

• Ignoring family planning

• illiteracy

• The low standard of living

• Marriage at an early age

Results of population increase

Due to an increase in the Indian population, direct and indirect effects can be seen in the standard of living of the people. The industrial sector and agricultural sector have not increased at the rapid pace in which the population has increased in India. Due to which the per capita income has not increased.

Due to population increase, about 30 million or three crore persons are without housing, more than 200 million people do not have access to drinking water and more than 313 million people are illiterate, more than 40 million people are unemployed.

Following are the reasons for population growth -

• The direct burden of population on cities

• Reduction in traffic, electricity, medical facilities

• Crime and Violence

• Unemployment

• Lack of food items.

  Not knowing how many problems that can be dangerous for the country and giving health facility, providing employment to all such large population can be a big challenge for a country.

Solutions to the problem of population increase

• Raising marriageable age

• Increase in education

• 2 children policy

• Ensuring sustainable agriculture

• Increase in employment

• Strict implementation of population policy

• To formulate new policies in states where the population is more

• Use of population control measures

• Increased female employment

• Central and state governments to pay special attention to population growth

• To lure people to reduce the population like government jobs on 1 child etc.

• Increased standard of living of people