Peshawar – Former Ambassador Manzoor-ul-Haq said on Sunday that controlling population growth has always been a big challenge for developing countries like Pakistan and stressed the need to create a balance between population and resources of the country to provide quality services to people elsewhere. ensure sustainable economic growth andRead More →
Last month, I wrote about the five countries I enjoyed visiting in Africa, including citing their incredibly low GDP per capita. Although most of the population growth over the next few decades is expected to occur on this continent, I see some glimmers of hope. There are two places inRead More →
When I walked into my ecology lecture two weeks ago, I settled into my uncomfortable office and prepared myself to continue learning about dying corals, scorching rainforests and melting ice in the sea. The class, although taught by a wonderful teacher, is rather dark – we sit in a crampedRead More →
Islamabad: President Dr. Arif Alvi said on Friday that Pakistan’s rapid population growth had implications for the country’s socio-economic development and called for a broad nationwide campaign to raise awareness. In an interaction with senior journalists here at the Aiwan-e-Sadr, he highlighted the key role of the media in addressingRead More →
Raphael Ede, Enugu Posted February 8, 2022 Chairman of Chidicon Medical Research Centre, Owerri, Imo State, Prof. Philip Njemanze has warned against the massive use of contraceptives as a means of population control, adding that it is harmful to women’s health . Njemanze, who is also an academician of theRead More →
It is imperative to make national population control laws for the unity and integrity of the whole country and implement them equally India’s uncontrolled population growth has become the central topic of discussion among common people these days. It is true that the discussion began before independence, but due toRead More →
Posted February 3, 2022 The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (Retired), launched the revised National Population Policy for Sustainable Development, stressing the need for urgent action to address Nigeria’s high fertility rate, by expanding access to modern contraceptive methods throughout the country. The president also inaugurated the National Population ManagementRead More →
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday launched the revised National Population Policy for Sustainable Development in Abuja, stressing the need for urgent action to address Nigeria’s high fertility rate by expanding access to modern contraceptive methods across the country. The President also inaugurated the National Council for Population Management (NCPM), whichRead More →
Population growth in the Philippines is expected to have slowed to just 0.3% in 2021, the slowest in more than 70 years, as Filipinos delayed having children amid the Covid-19 pandemic, an official said Thursday. government agency. An estimated 324,000 babies were born last year, the lowest number since theRead More →
Population growth is one of Pakistan’s “greatest existential challenges”, according to Adnan Malik. He is relieved to learn that singer Shehzad Roy is helping to solve the problem. Read more: Singer Shahzad Roy opposes public hanging of rapists Roy’s manager confirmed that the Department of Health Services, Regulation and CoordinationRead More →
Singer and activist Shehzad Roy is known for voicing social issues in Pakistan. This time around, his appointment as Honorary Ambassador for Population and Family Planning by the Ministry of Health, Regulation and Coordination has made the news. Among others, actor Adnan Malik also praised the singer of Mukhra. DrawingRead More →
With Australia now returning to its pre-COVID population growth rate, more people than ever are wondering how much Australia’s population is expected to grow. This can be a difficult conversation to have because the far right has a habit of using the population issue as an excuse to pursue itsRead More →
First conducted in 1992-1993, the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) is a national report on demography and health. The results of the NFHS-5, published in November 2021, give positive data on many aspects. The most important highlight is the improvement in the sex ratio – 1,020 women to 1,000 men.Read More →
MANILA, Philippines – The Filipino population is expected to grow by just 0.3% or 324,000 in 2021, according to the Commission on Population and Development (Popcom). Popcom, in a statement, said this annual “natural increase” is the lowest since the period between 1946 and 1947, when the population grew byRead More →
By the Indian Legal Office Three candidates from the municipal corporations of Vadodara and Rajkot were disqualified on February 8 under the two-child policy in Gujarat for running for election. The nominations were contested as each candidate had three children. The electoral official of Ward 15 of the Vadodara MunicipalRead More →
Population control bill would have constitutional repercussions Sumanta roy | Posted on 12.16.21, 02:17 AM There has been considerable parliamentary debate on the Population Control Bill. The two-child policy has been presented to parliament more than 35 times since independence, but has failed to become law. The 2019 Population ControlRead More →
On Thursday, a House leader slammed the government for pretending that the economy would not prosper without population control. Deputy Speaker of the House and representative of the BUHAY party list, Lito Atienza, released the statement after Socio-Economic Planning Secretary Karl Chua cited the “crucial role of reproductive health andRead More →
DMK chief Kanimozhi on Monday accused the Center of “punishing” Tamil Nadu and other southern states by giving them a smaller share of tax revenue as they have taken effective measures to control the population over the years. year. Raising the issue of decentralizing tax revenue in Lok Sabha duringRead More →
More sordid details of China’s excesses and machinations in the Xinjiang region have been learned by CNN-News 18. During Beijing’s so-called re-education campaign, Uighurs and other ethnic minorities in the regions rural people in southern Xinjiang have been branded as ‘surplus labour’ or ‘labour poor’ and sent to work inRead More →
Political rhetoric on population control must be based on empirical numbers obtained by scientific methods The Editorial Board | Posted on 29.11.21, 03:35 India’s burgeoning population has long been a thorn in the side of its progress. The recent findings of the National Family Health Survey-5 are therefore a breathRead More →
A new plea has been filed with the Supreme Court to make Union states and territories parties to a PIL which has called for certain measures to control the country’s growing population. The Center earlier told the Supreme Court that India was unequivocal against imposing family planning on its people.Read More →
A new plea has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking to make the states and union territories parties to a PIL that called for certain measures, including the two-child standard, to control the country’s growing population. The plea filed by lawyer Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay said the population explosion isRead More →
New Delhi, November 6 A new plea has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking to make the states and union territories parties to a PIL that called for certain measures, including a two-child standard, to control the country’s growing population. The plea filed by lawyer Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay saidRead More →
India’s most populous state plans to implement a population control policy that will be dangerous for its most vulnerable citizens, writes Kanav Narayan Sahgal. On July 19, the Uttar Pradesh State Law Commission published a draft of its Population (Control, Stabilization and Welfare) Bill, 2021. It was only days beforeRead More →
Dr Y Udaya ChandarOn July 11, 2021, World Population Day, Yogi Adityanath, the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, unveiled his bill for UP, “UP Population (Control, Stabilization, and Welfare) Act 2021”. The purpose of the law is to discourage and prevent UP people from having more than two children. TheRead More →
Sanjica Kumar and Vedica Nigam, students at Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow, India critically examine the Uttar Pradesh Population (Control, Stabilization and Welfare) Bill 2021 ) and make suggestions for its improvement… introduction On July 7, 2021, the Law Commission of Uttar Pradesh, a state in northernRead More →
Construction of the new Central Vista is in full swing and among the many buildings on the way is the new parliament building. The new building will have a capacity of 888 members in the Lok Sabha chamber, with an option to increase this to 1,224 members in joint sessions.Read More →
Assam’s government on Friday accepted a request from the opposition Congress to postpone a discussion on population control within the Muslim community, although President Biswajit Daimary allowed it. As Congress was about to stage a walkout as its demand was not met, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pijush Hazarika said the governmentRead More →
Assam government agrees to request to postpone discussion on population control among Muslims Guwahati: Assam’s government on Friday accepted a request from the opposition Congress to postpone a discussion on population control within the Muslim community, although President Biswajit Daimary allowed it. As Congress was about to stage a walkoutRead More →
The government of Uttar Pradesh population control bill – the UP Population (Control, Stabilization and Welfare) Bill, 2021 – has recently become the latest salvo Indian political leaders have fired in their bid to manage a “population explosion” which they say is hampering the development of the ‘India. In hisRead More →
Emmanuel Lufadeju, national coordinator, Rotary’s Reproductive, Maternal, and Child Health (RMCH), said family planning is not an act of population control as some people misinterpret it. Professor Lafadeju told Jos this on Tuesday when Rotary RMCH donated family planning equipment through the state Department of Health to 10 selected healthRead More →
NEW DELHI, July 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Mobius Foundation in partnership with WION takes the government’s vision of India moving forward and launched a year-long social initiative called “Mission Sustainability – Population v/s Planet”. The campaign kicked off with a two-hour thought leadership conclave on February 20, 2021. The launchRead More →
A motion of attention to this effect was proposed by MP Vijay Kumar Khemka. Patna: To the embarrassment of the Nitish Kumar government in Bihar, a ruling BJP MP on Wednesday raised in the assembly the demand to introduce population control legislation, taking a position contrary to that of theRead More →
BJP MP for Fatikroy constituency in Tripura, Sudhangshu Das, on Friday called for strict enactment of laws regarding population control and cow protection. The ruling BJP lawmaker said he would raise the issue of population control and cow protection in the next session of the state assembly in the nationalRead More →
Madhya Pradesh is India’s sixth most populous state according to the 2011 census (File) Bhopal: The Uttar Pradesh government’s controversial proposal for population control has drawn attention in Madhya Pradesh, with ruling BJP members demanding a similar law in their state. Some of those calling for such measures lashed outRead More →
In recent times, the discourse around coercive population policies has gained momentum in the country. These laws prevent people from receiving government grants and other benefits or running for political office if they have more than two children. While the central government disavows coercion and does not impose a two-childRead More →
The past two weeks have seen a sudden surge of political interest in population control in two BJP-ruled states, Assam and UP, which has sparked speculation about the motives. What differentiates the two main ministers is that one has just started his term while the other is at the endRead More →
GANDHINAGAR: The BJP-led government of Gujarat plans to introduce a population control law ahead of the 2022 parliamentary elections, along the lines of that proposed by the government of Uttar Pradesh. Nitin Patel, Deputy Chief Minister and Government Spokesperson, said on Tuesday: “The Government of Gujarat will first study newRead More →
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader CT Ravi on Tuesday called for a population control policy in Karnataka on the model of two other states ruled by his party, Assam and Uttar Pradesh, even then that differences on the issue were surfacing between the ruling National Democratic Party. Alliance (NDA) partnersRead More →
Population dynamics can pose both challenges and opportunities to development efforts depending on the resource availability ratio Human population control is the practice of artificially altering the growth rate of a human population that has been implemented by limiting the population’s birth rate, usually by government mandate. Factors such asRead More →
The bills will follow similar measures introduced in BJP-ruled Uttar Pradesh and Assam. (File) Several BJP members are gearing up to push for a nationwide population control law through private member’s bills during the parliamentary monsoon session that begins next week. Sources say the bills, which follow similar measures introducedRead More →
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Tracy Stone Manning, President Biden nominated to head the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), argued in her graduation thesis that Americans must engage in population control to protect the environment. Stone-Manning has previously come under fire in recent weeks for her connectionRead More →
Recently, there have been many debates in India about population control. Unfortunately, some Muslim spokespersons and various opposition political parties think that it is a question of controlling the birth rates of minorities, without realizing that it is a necessity for all Indians in order to become a country ofRead More →
Lucknow: The chairman of the Uttar Pradesh law commission spoke on Sunday about keeping the state’s population under control and refraining from exploiting government resources. Aditya Nath Mittal spoke to ANI and said that the state government does not want to send the message that it is against any particularRead More →
Despite global calls for countries to use family planning as a method of population control, prioritizing health services and adequate education for its citizens, contraceptive use is still extremely low in some African countries, including Nigeria. As an important component of nation building, investing in family planning is one ofRead More →
The Supreme Court scheduled the case for a rehearing on July 5. (Case) New Delhi: The Supreme Court allowed a plea seeking to make the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare a party to a public interest litigation that sought certain measures, including the two-child standard, to control the country’sRead More →
Since 1970, the average the global temperature has increased by 0.8 C. During this time, the world’s population has doubled and carbon dioxide emissions have more than doubledaccording to data from the International Energy Agency. World Bank figures confirm this.showing that we are emitting a little more per capita thanRead More →
Posted by Padmaja Pati and Sanjina Gupta As we inaugurate the International Sexual and Reproductive Health Awareness DayWe, two female-identifying individuals with wombs, wanted to dig a little deeper into how our bodies have been the battleground of control in this patriarchal society and the state at large for centuries.Read More →
Center said he was against forced family planning. (Representative) New Delhi: The Center told the Supreme Court that India is unequivocally against forcing family planning on its people and that any compulsion to have a certain number of children is counterproductive and leads to demographic distortions. . In an affidavitRead More →
The Union government has told the Supreme Court it is against the use of “involuntary methods” in family planning, saying international experience has shown that any coercion to have a certain number of children would be counter-productive and would lead to demographic distortions. “The family planning program in India isRead More →
The COVID-19 lockdown has jeopardized India’s population control measures, raising fears of a population explosion. In an interview with THE WEEK, Poonam Muttreja, executive director of Population Foundation of India (PFI), an organization that works for the betterment of disadvantaged women in India, talks about the scale of the problem.Read More →
With clockwork regularity, our misinformed politicians invoke the population “problem” to explain the disappointing state of the nation’s progress on many fronts. I fear that these vague comments will erupt any day into a new ‘population control’ bill without any clarity on what we want – a lower growth rate,Read More →
“We are at the beginning of a mass extinction, and all you can talk about is money and fairy tales of eternal economic growth,” noted climate activist and Time the magazine’s personality of the year Greta Thunberg in front of the United Nations in the summer of 2019. “How dareRead More →
Climate change has taken center stage globally in recent months after three reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change which paint a dire picture of the future if governments do not take action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But when it comes to changing our behaviors to reduce CO2Read More →
“If we can get rid of enough people” the terrorist from El Paso wrote in his grotesque manifesto, “then our way of life can be more sustainable.” His sectarian outburst left little doubt as to who he meant by “us” and “our way of life.” Far-right eco-fascism presents its racistRead More →
Recently, when asked if he would take action to “curb population growth” because “the planet cannot sustain that growth,” Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders said yes, noting that he would focus on “poor countries around the world”. Former Vice President Joe Biden, one of Sanders’ rivals and current leading contender forRead More →