Think Seriously on 30-Oct-2017:
Population: Many may know it already, but let me refresh our info
about Population. The latest figures are: (0) World- 7.58 Bn, (1) China- 1.40
Bn, (2) India- 1.34 Bn, (3) USA- 325 Mn, (4) Indonesia- 265 Mn, (5) Brazil- 215
Mn, and so on. Our state of Uttar Pradesh has a population of 225 Mn. If it was
a separate country, it would be the 5th most populated country in the world.
Delhi and NCR population at 22.5 Mn is almost that of Australia at 24.5 Mn.
Every year we are adding one Delhi NCR or an Australia to our population. At
this rate within 5-8 yrs we will surpass China. What does it imply?
Though, there is
some positive signs like a strong young population, more working hands, there
is a bigger dark side to it. Like more mouths to feed, more starved /
semi-starved jobless people, more stress on resources. Remember we are a poor
country- roughly 30% don’t get a square meal a day, another 30% don’t get two
square meals a day. Our education and training systems are such that we don’t
have good quality / productive white collar / blue collar workers. Moreover,
the huge mass is a burden to any public service like, transport, agriculture,
housing, education, health, public works, banking and so on. Past experience
shows no remedial measures work.
