After every two seconds a new child is born in India, and by the end of the day 43,200 new-born babies join the population force! Can we afford to provide proper food, jobs, schools, housing and other basic needs to the ever-increasing population? Obviously, no! So why are we not taking concrete measures to stem the demographic tide? Population beyond a standardised limit gives rise to poverty, child labour, school dropouts, malnutrition, increase in slums and rise in communicable diseases.
India's population is very high compared to the global density. Can we sit idle as the population bomb ticks every second? India need to control population as soon as possible, and its need is more urgent than that of China. Some years back, India and China had the same rate of population. However, China took preventive measures by adopting One Child Policy and the rate of population was curbed successfully, while India's population continues to grow exponentially.
The law that China has formulated requires people to take permission if they want to have a second child, and pay to the local body compensation for the additional us of common resources such as road, power, health, etc.. India is still short of some policies, as there are no such policies yet enacted! It is often said that education is the best method in creating awareness among people people regarding small families. The education of girls is most important for this.
The idea of small family norm would be possible only when the mother is educated, children go to school, there is safe motherhood, child survival rate is high and there is easy access to affordable health resources and hygenic water supply. But are these basic needs available for all families? So long as our policy makers and political leaders are not interested in just providing the basic necessities of the people, population control will just remain a mere slogan!
India's population is very high compared to the global density. Can we sit idle as the population bomb ticks every second? India need to control population as soon as possible, and its need is more urgent than that of China. Some years back, India and China had the same rate of population. However, China took preventive measures by adopting One Child Policy and the rate of population was curbed successfully, while India's population continues to grow exponentially.
The law that China has formulated requires people to take permission if they want to have a second child, and pay to the local body compensation for the additional us of common resources such as road, power, health, etc.. India is still short of some policies, as there are no such policies yet enacted! It is often said that education is the best method in creating awareness among people people regarding small families. The education of girls is most important for this.
The idea of small family norm would be possible only when the mother is educated, children go to school, there is safe motherhood, child survival rate is high and there is easy access to affordable health resources and hygenic water supply. But are these basic needs available for all families? So long as our policy makers and political leaders are not interested in just providing the basic necessities of the people, population control will just remain a mere slogan!
---------Abhishek Bangrania
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