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11th July, World Population Day. India is at 142 crore while China is at 145 Crore population. India is just 3 Crore short of Chinese population and the day is not far off when we may hear that India has surpassed China, as per worldometer website data. (See box). This indicates that we do not have any check on the unabated growth of population. It is reported by United Nations that it took lacs of years for the planet earth to reach a population of 1 billion or 100 Crore and by 2011, earth has touched 700 crore. Now it has crossed 8 billion, i.e., 800 Crore. Precisely, within 10 years, earth added an equal number of homo sapiens, which was done by lacs of years so far. What an achievement! A country like India which has got just one third of the land area of China is having a population which is equivalent to them. So, the population pressure is more in India and there is a dire need to revisit our demographic planning. The per capita share of natural resources is on the slide and may deteriorate further, given the speed with which the infra structure projects are taking shape. Mining and transportation Industries have taken a heavy toll on the forest areas. The tag that India is one of the richest nations in terms of natural wealth is slowly getting blurred. With the latest amendment to the Forest Conservation Act, nothing is going to be left out for posterity. One of the amendments of the 2023 Act speaks about excluding 100 KMs area from international borders or the line of control (LOC) from the purview of prior forest clearance for construction of highways, hydel power projects and so on, is literally fixing the last nail in the coffin. National population policy 2000 focuses on health care for all and reducing Infant mortality. All such measures increase the longevity of the age profile of Indian populace. Approximately 25% of population is below 15 years while 67 % is between 15 to 64 years as per global data. It is essential that the policy makers need to envisage family planning measures for all, irrespective of caste, color and creed. Unless otherwise balancing between available natural resources and ensuring quality of life will become more cumbersome.
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11th July, World Population Day. India is at 142 crore while China is at 145 Crore population. India is just 3 Crore short of Chinese population and the day is not far off when we may hear that India has surpassed China, as per worldometer website data. (See box). This indicates that we do not have any check on the unabated growth of population. It is reported by United Nations that it took lacs of years for the planet earth to reach a population of 1 billion or 100 Crore and by 2011, earth has touched 700 crore. Now it has crossed 8 billion, i.e., 800 Crore. Precisely, within 10 years, earth added an equal number of homo sapiens, which was done by lacs of years so far. What an achievement! A country like India which has got just one third of the land area of China is having a population which is equivalent to them. So, the population pressure is more in India and there is a dire need to revisit our demographic planning. The per capita share of natural resources is on the slide and may deteriorate further, given the speed with which the infra structure projects are taking shape. Mining and transportation Industries have taken a heavy toll on the forest areas. The tag that India is one of the richest nations in terms of natural wealth is slowly getting blurred. With the latest amendment to the Forest Conservation Act, nothing is going to be left out for posterity. One of the amendments of the 2023 Act speaks about excluding 100 KMs area from international borders or the line of control (LOC) from the purview of prior forest clearance for construction of highways, hydel power projects and so on, is literally fixing the last nail in the coffin. National population policy 2000 focuses on health care for all and reducing Infant mortality. All such measures increase the longevity of the age profile of Indian populace. Approximately 25% of population is below 15 years while 67 % is between 15 to 64 years as per global data. It is essential that the policy makers need to envisage family planning measures for all, irrespective of caste, color and creed. Unless otherwise balancing between available natural resources and ensuring quality of life will become more cumbersome.
Post 2023-07-24 07:24:23 |
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11th July, World Population Day. India is at 142 crore while China is at 145 Crore population. India is just 3 Crore short of Chinese population and the day is not far off when we may hear that India has surpassed China, as per worldometer website data. (See box). This indicates that we do not have any check on the unabated growth of population. It is reported by United Nations that it took lacs of years for the planet earth to reach a population of 1 billion or 100 Crore and by 2011, earth has touched 700 crore. Now it has crossed 8 billion, i.e., 800 Crore. Precisely, within 10 years, earth added an equal number of homo sapiens, which was done by lacs of years so far. What an achievement! A country like India which has got just one third of the land area of China is having a population which is equivalent to them. So, the population pressure is more in India and there is a dire need to revisit our demographic planning. The per capita share of natural resources is on the slide and may deteriorate further, given the speed with which the infra structure projects are taking shape. Mining and transportation Industries have taken a heavy toll on the forest areas. The tag that India is one of the richest nations in terms of natural wealth is slowly getting blurred. With the latest amendment to the Forest Conservation Act, nothing is going to be left out for posterity. One of the amendments of the 2023 Act speaks about excluding 100 KMs area from international borders or the line of control (LOC) from the purview of prior forest clearance for construction of highways, hydel power projects and so on, is literally fixing the last nail in the coffin. National population policy 2000 focuses on health care for all and reducing Infant mortality. All such measures increase the longevity of the age profile of Indian populace. Approximately 25% of population is below 15 years while 67 % is between 15 to 64 years as per global data. It is essential that the policy makers need to envisage family planning measures for all, irrespective of caste, color and creed. Unless otherwise balancing between available natural resources and ensuring quality of life will become more cumbersome.
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