
India's Population Problem
Poverty, deprivation, illiteracy, disease and distress are all an outcome of population growth that is disproportionate to the growth of productive resources in India. Number of people below the poverty line in 1997 was equal to the total population of India in 1947. Our population problem remains as it was 50 years ago. Rather, it has gone worse both in quantitative and qualitative terms. Qualita...
Poverty, deprivation, illiteracy, disease and distress are all an outcome of population growth that is disproportionate to the growth of productive resources in India. Number of people below the poverty line in 1997 was equal to the total population of India in 1947. Our population problem remains as it was 50 years ago. Rather, it has gone worse both in quantitative and qualitative terms. Qualita...