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October 26, 2022
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Population Growth: A Burden on Society

Keywords: Population Growth, overpopulation, economy, society, religion, gender, illiteracy

Population growth today has become a serious matter of concern for the world. The world population has been consistently increasing at an alarming rate. Uncontrolled population growth leads to rapid urbanisation and depletion of resources. Natural resources that are pretty scarce in some parts of the world become scarcer due to increased consumption. Apart from depleting resources, a population increase means more buildings and factories and more trees and forests are destroyed. It also puts a strain on the availability of basic amenities like health, education and welfare.

INTRODUCTION

Population growth is the increase in the number of people in a dispersed group. Population growth is the increase in the number of humans on Earth. For most of human history, our population size was relatively stable.

Overpopulation is harmful to any country in many ways but it has some positive sides too. Increased population leads to an increase in manpower for a country where more people are easily found helping in the development of different sectors.

CAUSES OF POPULATION GROWTH

Child Marriage and Multi-Marriage System: In India the tradition of child marriage and the multi-marriage system is prevalent. Marriage of around 80% of girls in the country is taking place at the young age of 15 to 20 years. Thus, the result of long married life comes in the form of excessive childbirth. The tradition of a multi-marriage system increases the rotation of childbirth.
Religious Superstitions: The person remains engaged in the continuous process of giving birth, one by one, in search of a male baby.
Illiteracy and Unawareness: In India around 36% of males and 61% of females are illiterate. Neither do they have full knowledge of family planning nor do they know about the consequences of excessive childbirth.
Poverty: Due to poverty, the population is increased by the poor families of our country. People who live in slums, use their children as a tool to earn money, hence they always try to increase the number of children in their families.
Birth Rate: In India, the average age for marriage is very low, compared to other nations of the world.
The arrival of Refugees: The population is very much increased due to the continuous arrivals of refugees in India. At the time of the division of India and Pakistan. In 1947, more than 1 crore refugees came to India. In 1962 at the time of the attack on China, a huge number of Tibetan refugees came to India. Similarly, in 1971, more than 1 crore Bangladeshi refugees came to India and even today this problem continued.
Indifferent towards Family Planning: Illiterate persons and people living in rural areas are indifferent towards family planning. They feel fear even by the name of ‘Operation’. They are not interested even in the use of the simplest and cheapest means of family planning.

EFFECTS OF POPULATION GROWTH

Ecological Degradation: An increase in population will inevitably create pressures leading to more deforestation, decreased biodiversity, and spikes in pollution and emissions, which will exacerbate climate change.
Increased Conflicts: The scarcity brought about by environmental disruption and overpopulation has the potential to trigger an increase in violence and political unrest.
Higher Risk of Disasters and Pandemics: Many of the recent novel pathogens that have devastated humans around the world, including COVID-19, Zika virus, Ebola, and West Nile virus, originated in animals or insects before passing to humans. Part of the reason the world is entering “a period of outbreak activity” is that humans are destroying wildlife habitats and coming into contact with wild animals on a more regular basis.

SOLUTIONS TO POPULATION GROWTH

Empower Women: Studies show that women with access to reproductive health services find it easier to break out of poverty. While those who work are more likely to use birth control. The United Nations Population Fund aims to tackle both issues at once, running microcredit projects to turn young women into advocates for reproductive health.
Promote Family Planning: Simply educating men and women about contraception can have a big impact.
Removing Barriers to Contraception: Across the world, some people choose not to use contraception because they are influenced by assumptions, practices and pressures within their nations or communities. Religious barriers may also be overturned or sidelined.
Quality Education for All: Ensuring every child receives a quality education is one of the most effective levers for sustainable development. Many kids in developing countries are out of school, with girls affected more than boys due to gender inequality. Education opens doors and provides disadvantaged kids and young people with a “way out”.
Exercising the Choice: In the developed world, most of us have the power to choose the size of our families. Although we may also face pressures of all kinds over the size of the families we choose to have. When making choices about that, it’s important to remember that people in the rich parts of the world have a disproportionate impact on the global environment. Through our high level of consumption and greenhouse gas emissions.

CONCLUSION

The way the population is growing is a matter of concern and is the biggest issue on this earth for humanity and the entire nation and environment.

World Population Day is of great significance as the day is observed annually to highlight the problem of increasing population. World Population Day 2022 sheds light on the fact that the rapid rise in the population impacts various aspects of the resources that human beings need to survive.

If the population continues to grow at this rate then the economy of the overpopulated countries will be unable to cope with the growth of the population. Every attempt to bring peace, comfort and welfare to everybody’s door will be thwarted and misery will become prominent. If the population is not kept within proper limits.

“The power of the population is indefinitely greater than the power in the earth to produce subsistence for man.”

AUTHOR: TANISHKA RANJAN

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Population explosion: A growing concern | Reasons for Population Growth

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March 28, 2022
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Population explosion: A growing concern | Reasons for Population Growth

Explosion means burst. Population explosion means a rapid increase in population in an area. After China, India is the world’s second most populous country. A high population can also be a boon for a country, but only when it is productive or literate.

Author: Explosion, Population, Growth

Author: Ekta Sharma

Explosion means burst. Population explosion means a rapid increase in population in an area.

After China, India is the world’s second most populous country. A high population can also be a boon for a country, but only when it is productive or literate. An excessive population is not good for any country, especially for developing and under-developed countries because these countries are struggling. Also, the population keeps expanding, but land is still limited.

Reasons for Population Growth:

Illiteracy : People are illiterate because they are unaware of the negative consequences of population growth. They are unable to do any future or family planning. Due to this, a major part of the inhabitants works as child labourers and is also illiterate. This contributes to the inability to generate perspectives.
Lack of family planning: there is a lack of future perspective and of family planning. People do not even bother to think about family planning. Family planning means planning for a baby, which also leads to responsibility. By this, a healthy and active environment can be created.
Lack of responsibility: Most people are unconcerned about the population explosion and their contribution to nations. Population growth causes a slew of issues, including global warming, pollution, and land degradation.

People are facing poverty because of the scarcity of resources. The population on the whole cannot be catered to due to a lack of resources and mediums.

Luring : People often lure children and even young adults into labour just for the sake of money. This gives them a way to earn money, and therefore, people have more children so each can earn for the household (especially the poor).
Crimes: Rape rates are increasing day by day. It results in many unwanted pregnancies and childbirth. This is a horrendous and shameful crime.
Infancy rate: the increase of this at the same time is one of the reasons for the population’s rapid growth.

Why is there a growing concern regarding population growth?

We need to be concerned because land is limited, resources are limited, and the state can’t treat everyone equally with such a huge amount of population. Some people are deprived of even the essential necessities such as shelter, food, and the opportunity to work.

Child labour is increasing as a part of it. If the inhabitants does not get under control, then humans will be the most dangerous animal on the planet. The human race can’t struggle for so long and when only a part of the population is deprived, they will rebel, which will lead to Cahors. DU seats are limited, but there is a lack of students who want to study at the same university. The same is followed in the world. Resources are limited but billions of people are here, which is increasing, and the government just slept over it, which is concerning for a country’s development.

People need to be cautious. The government needs to implement a two-child policy in India, which also needs to be promoted at a huge level. A mass movement needs to be begun in the country in this regard. The day will not be far when the country will control the population.

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This write-up is edited by Sharon Paul

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