Period of 1911-1921: In the period of 1911-1921, due to occurrence of famines, plague, malaria, population again reduced by about 7 lakh. India is the second most populated country in the world behind China and in the next six years - by 2024 - India would surpass China. It would not be right to say that the programs initiated by the government to rein in population growth have not been successful. Her work also has appeared in The Daily Beast, The Guardian, and The New York Times. As recently as 2016, India spent 85 percent of its family planning funds on female sterilization. A young age structure implies that the percentage of young people or those in the reproductive age group is very high, and thus the number of potential parents far exceeds the existing level. The main reason for such phenomenal statistics was the growth of the Indian Economy post the 1991 reforms.
Improvement in medical, sanitation facilities and health services. The overall number of people on the planet still poses a significant challenge, both for the environment and for countries struggling to provide a basic standard of living for everyone. This is a growth of 212. He concluded that while population would increase in a geometrical ratio 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32…………… , the means of subsistence would increase only at an arithmetical rate 1, 2, 3, 4…. If not, I will not have them. Another important aspect of the population growth of the country is the rise in the share of the adolescent population. ADVERTISEMENTS: Economic factors are intertwined with several social factors to account for high birth rates.
ADVERTISEMENTS: The Malthusian approach has been criticised on several counts. There are women who disfavour family planning on the plea that they cannot go against the wishes of God. There will be so much more pollution, so less job availability, lesser resources, etc. Social Constructs Our traditional India believed in a dominant male society, and thus, a male heir is of much higher value than that of a female child. We have been successful in declining the death rates but the same cannot be said for birth rates.
It is argued that high fertility is a consequence, rather than a cause, of economic backwardness. It leads to migration of people from rural areas to the urban areas causing the growth of slum areas. The smallest increase in 2017 with 0. Starting from extreme poverty, unavailability of jobs, spreading of more diseases to severe issues of malnutrition, the list of the problems to be faced by us is endless. In 1950-51, India's population was 361 million.
The fertility rate due to the population policies and other measures has been falling but even then it is much higher compared to other countries. This phase witnessed a ballooning birth rate of 47 births per 1000 population but the death rates were equally high 45 deaths per 1000 population. Till 1980, high birth rates and declining death rates led to a large difference between birth rates and death rates resulting in higher rates of population growth. During this phase, the population of the country grew from 23. The year of 1921 is known as the year of Great Divide. In fact, India's total fertility rate - a measure of the number of children born to a woman during her lifetime - was down from 5. Fast Growth of Population 1921-1951 : The rate of growth of population was moderate and irregular till 1921.
In the same period, the total population of all countries worldwide increased by 160. Thomas Malthus, in his Essay on the Principle of Overpopulation 1798 , claimed that there is a constant tendency in all animated life to increase beyond the nourishment prepared for it. There are already areas who are suffering from a lack of groundwater stocks. Stocks From India Diversify your portfolio by investing in Global brands. India is the second largest country in the world after China. Thus, though the mean age of marriage has been continuously increasing, yet a large number of girls even today marry at an age at which they are not ready for marriage either socially and emotionally, or physiologically and chronologically. From 1991 to 2001: According to the latest population census of 2001, the population of India increased to 102.
Exponential growth produces a J-shaped curve, while logistic growth produces an S-shaped curve. This phase witnessed a transition of Indian demographics into a new era, which was resultant of the socio-political changes which were taking place in the country. Rapid rate of growth of population in India is shown diagrammatically in Fig. This "contract between generations" is part of a long culture in many predominantly poorer countries. Slower per capita income growth, lack of progress in reducing income inequality, and more poverty are the probable consequences.
If population growth is to be controlled, marriage of females in rural and urban areas is to be preferred in 21-23 or 23-25 age groups than in 15-18 or 18-21 age groups. Population of India is growing very rapidly. They are meeting rights and also meeting planetary needs. Further insights could have been made available if the scheduled 2021 census was carried out, which would have given a better idea to our policy framers regarding the state of affairs of our subjects. The third phase of the demographic transition is characterised by falling birth rates and a steep fall in the death rates, leading to higher net addition to the population.
The kind of urbanisation that has taken place in India has not been accompanied by the types of social change which favour lower birth rates. Religious taboo and superstition prevent people from adopting family planning measures. The population recorded at the time of 1881 census exceeded the figure for 1921 by 1. This is evident from the fact that there are some 35 million child workers in our country. Whether poverty is a cause or consequence of high birth rates is still a debatable point. Last year, as part of its latest national family planning initiative, the government launched Mission Parivar Vikas.
To get an idea how serious this problem is we must know this fact that India has over 16% of the world population, but its land area is merely 2. As of 1st July 2020 our nation, India stands second with a total population of 1,326,093,247. It proves that India is facing the problem of population explosion. If both men and women are educated, they will easily understand the logic of planning their family, but if either of them or both of them are illiterate, they would be more orthodox, illogical and religious-minded. Growth rate of population during this period was 1. In the context of climate change, the issue is complicated by concerns about equity. Producing more children by the poor people illustrates the paradox of population-poverty interrelationship.