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Why Votaries of Population Imbalance are Wrong About Muslim Growth Rate -Ashok Kumar Pandey

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Politics, not facts, have weaponised demographic claims in India, but the population is still heading for a decline, and that’s true for all communities.

For decades, Indian politics has revolved around the bogey of ‘explosive’ population growth. Population is routinely blamed for virtually every socio-economic problem in the country. Until the 1990s, governments actively pursued population ‘control’ measures through means fair and foul. What few mention is that effectively, India’s TFR or Total Fertility Ratio, has reduced to a level where the new births will simply replace an ageing population. Still, the bogey of population explosion persists in Indian politics. 

During the 1990s, the decade of liberalisation and privatisation, governments focused on reducing the “burden” of a growing population by selling off Public Sector Enterprises. Most social service sectors, including education and health, were privatised as a ‘solution’ to rising demand for public services. It only created new problems for citizens, as resources concentrated in the hands of an ever-smaller segment of the public, while the majority struggled for a decent livelihood. The tumultuous scenario allowed communalism to capture central space, giving capitalist forces a freer hand. 

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