Paper Series Population Dynamics in India and Implications for Economic Growth David E. Bloom January 2011 PGDA Working Paper No. 65 http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/pgda/working.htm The views expressed in this paper are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of the Harvard Initiative for Global Health. The Program on the Global Demography of Aging receives funding from the National Institute on Aging‚ Grant No. 1 P30 AG024409-06. 1 Population Dynamics in India and Implications
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Indian’s population crisis In this essay I will be highlighting the current population crisis in India. I will discuss the numerous causes that lead to the exponential growth of the country and the problems that arise as a result of the increase. I will also be suggesting various solutions to the predicament India faces and how they can overcome the struggles of a rapidly growing population. Background India is said to be in stage three of the demographic transition model with the birth rate
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Population distribution is how people are dispersed over a given area. Population distribution is measured by persons per square kilometer. An area (or country) can be densely populated‚ which means there is a high concentration of persons per square kilometer‚ or sparsely populated‚ which means there is a low concentration of persons per square kilometer. The distribution of population can be influenced by both physical and human factors. Physical factors include relief‚ climate‚ vegetation‚ soil
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Causes of Water Pollution * With environmentalism and green thinking reaching the pinnacle of public appeal in recent years due to global warming‚ an increasing focus has been put on stopping pollution‚ especially carbon dioxide emissions. As such‚ the main battle has been waged against air pollution‚ while water pollution has not been in the public limelight. This does not mean that the problem is any less important‚ or any less pervasive however. Water pollution is caused by the release of
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With the rapid urbanization and development of big cities and towns‚ the graph of crimes is also on the increase. This phenomenal rise in offences and crime in cities is a matter of great concern and alarm to all of us. There are robberies‚ murders‚ rapes and what not. The frequent and repeated thefts‚ burglaries‚ robberies‚ murders‚ killings‚ rapes‚ shoplifting‚ pick pocketing‚ drug- abuse‚ illegal trafficking‚ smuggling‚ theft of vehicles etc.‚ have made the common citizens to have sleepless
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men are demanding higher education levels‚ more and more men are becoming unemployed than ever before. Consequently‚ men who are not financially secure are eight times less likely to marry a pregnant girlfriend. The rates of cohabitation have been increasing due to the new-found belief that a healthy relationship with or without a family can be successful without the need of marriage between the couple. This is why many couples have resorted to either divorce or cohabitation without marriage instead
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Family Planning Programme in India India is the second most populous nation‚ after China. United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA) has worked that such an increase in population will have adverse effect on the existing economic and social condition of our nation. India launched a nationwide Family Planning Programmed in 1952. India is the first country in the world to launch such a programme. A fully-active Department of Family Planning was created at the Centre in 1966 and
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The Population Growth Rate in India For many years concern has been voiced over the seemingly unchecked rate of population growth in India‚ but the most recent indications are that some success is being achieved in slowing the rate of population growth. The progress which has been achieved to date is still only of a modest nature and should not serve as premature cause for complacency. Moreover‚ a slowing of the rate of population growth is not incompatible with a dangerous population increase
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Causes For Terrorism in India The causes for the various insurgent/terrorist movements include: Political causes: This is seen essentially in Assam and Tripura. The political factors that led to insurgency-cum-terrorism included the failure of the government to control large-scale illegal immigration of Muslims from Bangladesh‚ to fulfil the demand of economic benefits for the sons and daughters of the soil‚ etc. Economic causes: Andhra Pradesh‚ Madhya Pradesh‚ Orissa and Bihar are prime examples
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Cause of increasing crime rate in Cambodia: -Poverty: because most of the poor don’t have enough money to get education and food‚ so they will do whatever for getting food without thinking well like rob or steal someone. -Imbalance between rich and poor: As we can see in our social‚ there are a lot of poor people and the gap between rich and poor is very far. The rich have many cars in their house but the poor don’t have any cars even food to eat. Thus they will think it is not fair and try to
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