-Firstpost.com Is there a Population Explosion as Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserted in his Independence Day speech? India's population grew by 17.64 percent between 2001 and 2011 to 1,210.9 million. This is faster than China’s 5.43 percent population growth during the same period. But, the last decade was also the first time after 1911-21 when India added fewer numbers than the previous decade. India’s population is increasing but at a slower pace. The...
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What can help in controlling population in India--society or law? -Neetu Chandra Sharma
-Livemint.com * The Population Explosion has major impacts on the country ranging from health, social, environmental and economic * Gender preferences are also contributing to the Population Explosion in India New Delhi: Pointing out population growth as a major concern in India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his Independence Day speech called for a deeper thought towards the issue. Apparently, the mention was an indication that the government is devising a policy or...
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-The Financial Express The prime minister, in his Independence Day speech, flagged “Population Explosion” as a problem and talked of the need to counter it. It is surprising that the government has missed the message on the declining trend in fertility in the country and is gearing up to fight yesterday’s problem. The proponents of population regulation raise the bogey of the absolute population level already being too high and the...
More »Population scare: What Modi said, what numbers say -Vishal Narayan
-The Telegraph Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his Independence Day speech linked the decision to have small families to patriotism New Delhi: Narendra Modi's mention of "reckless Population Explosion" in his Independence Day address has led to speculation that the government may now want to bring a law on population regulation. “Population Explosion has been occurring at an unrestrained pace. This Population Explosion is creating innumerable challenges for us and the coming...
More »'Population Explosion a worry', govt schemes needed to control it: PM
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday placed the issue of “Population Explosion” on the national front-burner, calling it a challenge and exhorting the Centre and states to devise schemes to tackle it. In his Independence Day speech from the Red Fort, Modi said the rising population was a cause for worry and posed new challenges for the present and the future. He said citizens with small...
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