Indian society
Socio-economic issues in India
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Since India 's Independence in 1947, the South Asian nation has faced several social and economic issues.
Contents
1 Overpopulation 2 Economic issues 2.1 Poverty 2.2 Sanitation 2.3 Corruption 3 Education 3.1 Initiatives 3.2 linkage between education and economic growth 3.3 Measurement of returns to school 3.4 Issues 4 Violence 4.1 Religious violence 4.2 Terrorism 4.3 Naxalism 4.4 Caste related violence 5 See also 6 References
Overpopulation
Further information: Family planning in India and Demographics of India
India suffers from the problem of overpopulation. The population of India is very high at an estimated 1.27 billion.[1][2][3] Though India ranks second in population, it ranks 33 in population density. Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India, had implemented a forced sterilization programme in the early 1970s but the programme failed. Officially, men with two children or more were required to be sterilised, but many unmarried young men, political opponents and ignorant, poor men were also believed to have been affected by this programme. This program is still remembered and regretted in India, and is blamed for creating a public aversion to family planning, which hampered Government programmes for decades.[4]
Economic issues
Further
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Since India 's Independence in 1947, the South Asian nation has faced several social and economic issues.
Contents
1 Overpopulation 2 Economic issues 2.1 Poverty 2.2 Sanitation 2.3 Corruption 3 Education 3.1 Initiatives 3.2 linkage between education and economic growth 3.3 Measurement of returns to school 3.4 Issues 4 Violence 4.1 Religious violence 4.2 Terrorism 4.3 Naxalism 4.4 Caste related violence 5 See also 6 References
Overpopulation
Further information: Family planning in India and Demographics of India
India suffers from the problem of overpopulation. The population of India is very high at an estimated 1.27 billion.[1][2][3] Though India ranks second in population, it ranks 33 in population density. Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India, had implemented a forced sterilization programme in the early 1970s but the programme failed. Officially, men with two children or more were required to be sterilised, but many unmarried young men, political opponents and ignorant, poor men were also believed to have been affected by this programme. This program is still remembered and regretted in India, and is blamed for creating a public aversion to family planning, which hampered Government programmes for decades.[4]
Economic issues
Further
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