India's Population Problem

Introduction : India is country of was area. Our country is facing many serious problems. We daily read of famines, floods and earthquakes. The government is doing its best solve these problems.

Population explosion : Of all the present problems the most dangerous is the population problem. Here there is population explosion. The economics estimate about population is very discouraging. According to them, India population is multiplying very rapidly. If this population continues increasing at this high rate, it will be about 903 million at the end of the 20th century. The situation would be of more explosive than that created by atom bombs.

A sort of birth control is essential : It is therefore clear that some form of birth control on the growing population is very essential.

Steps taken by our Government : Our planners have though over this problem seriously. Allocation of funds for welfare in Five Year Plan Rs.5 lakhs were kept for population control. But in the Fourth Plan Rs.100 crores were kept for family welfare. The centre are associated with some hospitals of locality. The red- triangle is the symbol of family welfare centre. In the rural areas there is a Family Planning Centre on every eighty thousand population. Mobile service units are provided. For every fifty thousand population there is one Mobile Unit. Various contraceptive and other facilities are provided.

Family planning is being encouraged. Posters connected with family planning are seen on walls, buses etc. Propaganda is made through newspapers. radio films and Television.

Slow progress : However, the progress in the field is very slow. While the population is increasing very rapidly. It is not only the duty of the government to make plans and schemes but the people should also feel the seriousness of the problems. They should cooperate with the Government. They should make it their holy duty to exercise some control over it.

Conclusion : Once out late Prime Minister Mrs. Indira Gandhi has said, "With our limited resources we must ensure that in every home every child isa wanted child and has the rightful share of health, education and employment.