overpopulation of India

 Never before in history, there have been so many people on earth as right now. Our numbers have skyrocketed since the past few decades. As a result of which there is an introduction of an issue called overpopulation in many regions. One of those regions is India. The second most populous country in the world after China and it is projected to have the world largest populous country. Every corner of India has a display of increasing population. The consequence of overpopulation is known to everyone. Mass-migration, overcrowded slums, megacities converting huge regions, disease, pollution, chaos and violence over energy, food and water are few of the examples. Well, the laws or policy regarding population control has been enforced and then repealed in various states of India. Today, we live in fear of contracting COVID-19. There is no mass outrage, but still, tens of thousands of people are allowed to die due to their relative's poor socioeconomic conditions.

Whenever we hear about population control, the first thing that strikes our mind is the one-child policy of China. But very often many undesirable consequences stem from such policies like the practice of 'bride price' wherein the families of females were bribed and offered money, 4-2-1 i.e Due to the one-child policy, there are 4 grandparents, two parents which would have one kid. Although the problem of overpopulation for India appears staggering, there is still reason to be optimistic. Development in education, health care, as well as economic development has led to an improvement in the quality of life, in the past few years. There is a direct relation between fertility rate(number of average children produced by a woman) and literacy rate(shows the level of literacy in the population). The states with a low fertility rate have one of the highest fertility rates visa versa. Similar is the case with the other 2 factors. The conclusion we can draw is the population automatically gets controlled when there is economical development and the education and health care facilities are improved.