Today is World Population Day but who cares in India
The days are not far when India will get the status of World's most populous country. With India far behind Millennium Development Goal figures ahead of World Population Day on July 11, incentive based family planning is back on government's focus.
TODAY IS World Population Day but in India who cares. Indian population day by day is heading towards a new record. Like every year, this year too India added the population of Australia and it is already shocking that we are more than 116 crore people, (when this article will go in the press, million new born will be added to the India population list). We are more developed in population rather than our economy. The days are not far when India will get the status of World’s most populous country. With India far behind Millennium Development Goal figures ahead of World Population Day on July 11, 2010, incentive based family planning is back on government’s focus. In the first attempt three decades back, the family planning programme run in controversy but today, if it is unchecked, it might effect India’s development in all turf.
In India sterilisation remains a sensitive topic. This programme was implemented by Indira Gandhi government in 1970s, after this, hardly any other government at Centre had taken it seriously. Only in 2006, A National Population Satblisation Fund or Jansankhya Stirtha Kosh was formed; but people in India were ashamed to join the programme due to lack of awareness and corruption. Larger families are a result of illiteracy, lack of access to healthcare and it affects maternal and child health.
The Southern states considered as global models for their efforts in controlling population. But, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar are performing worst among all other Indian states. Total fertility rate in these two states are more and number of children in one family is four and more. It is surprising only 14 states in India will achieve Millennium Development Goal of two children per mother by 2015. What we need today is one child policy like China. For the first time, government has also roped in private practitioners as part of its population control measures. But result will take years for controlling population bomb.
Today, it marks the 21st observance of World Population Day. This year the theme is the importance of data collection; in which critically planning schools, programme, health systems and their implementation is essential in monitoring our progress with respect to health, nutrition and the elimination of severe poverty. It is time to reflect on population growth and its implications but in India who cares? There are many reasons why population growth is a matter of global concern, but the greatest of them is the never ending race to feed.
With world population still on track to reach nine billion or more by mid-century, World Population Day 2010, is a good time to reflect on whether we are losing the race to feed.
The Southern states considered as global models for their efforts in controlling population. But, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar are performing worst among all other Indian states. Total fertility rate in these two states are more and number of children in one family is four and more. It is surprising only 14 states in India will achieve Millennium Development Goal of two children per mother by 2015. What we need today is one child policy like China. For the first time, government has also roped in private practitioners as part of its population control measures. But result will take years for controlling population bomb.
Today, it marks the 21st observance of World Population Day. This year the theme is the importance of data collection; in which critically planning schools, programme, health systems and their implementation is essential in monitoring our progress with respect to health, nutrition and the elimination of severe poverty. It is time to reflect on population growth and its implications but in India who cares? There are many reasons why population growth is a matter of global concern, but the greatest of them is the never ending race to feed.
With world population still on track to reach nine billion or more by mid-century, World Population Day 2010, is a good time to reflect on whether we are losing the race to feed.
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