Essay On INDIA’S POPULATION PROBLEM

Introduction

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

Population explosion

Of all the present problems the most dangerous is the population problem. Here there is population explosion. The economists’ estimate about population is very discouraging. According to them, India’s population is multiplying very rapidly. If this population continues increasing at this high rate, it will be about 1010 millions at the end of the 2010. The situation would be 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 thought over his problem seriously. Allocation of funds for wel fare in Five Year Plans have been increasing. In the first 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 centres are associated with some hospitals of locality. The is the symbol of family welfare centre. In the rural areas there is a Family Planning Centre on every eighty thou sand population. Mobile service units are provided. For every fifty thousand population there is one Mobile Unit. Various con traceptives and other facitilies 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 problem. They should co-operate with the Government. They should make it their holy duty to exercise some control over it.

Conclusion

Once our late Prime Minister Mrs. Indira Gandhi had said. “With our limited resources we must ensure that in every home every child is a wanted child and has the rightful share of health, education and employment.”

Vocabulary

Vast- huge, Famine- the time when there is little food in a region, अकाल Explosion- out break, विस्फोट Discouraging- disappointing, Allocation- apportioning, बटवारा। Symbol- sign, प्रतीक Contraceptives- devices or drugs used to prevent a woman becoming pregnant, गर्भ निरोध के लिए काम में आने वाली वस्तुएँ। Serious- grave, गम्भीर Estimate- rough calculation, अनुमान। Associated- linked, जुड़े हुए। Rural- of villages, ग्रामीण। Ensure- make sure, निश्चय करना । Rightful- lawful, वैध।

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