Partisan politics promoting population proliferation in India
2 years, 5 months ago

Partisan politics promoting population proliferation in India

New Indian Express  

A doomsday prophesy of caterwauling Cassandras is coming true. As India adds around 3700 individuals hourly to its denizen count, the 1500-million mark will flash by the 2030 milestone faster than the Chinese can spell 'Wuhan'. Even at the highest current rate of economic growth, this ridiculous record indicates that over 500 million Indians would be still leading a BPL existence. Almost every fifth human being on earth is in India, a nation with just less than seven percent of the global GDP. One Mao-seque strategy Sanjay Gandhi used during the Emegency was state-driven family planning, which was the central theme for policy making.

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