Editor’s note: The government’s activity report submitted during the Two Sessions set out the accompanying measures for the third child policy. But the latest census showed that the country’s total fertility rate was at a low of 1.3 in 2020. What are the factors that can influence a family’s decisionRead More →
In the long term, no substantial benefit will result from continued US population growth. The gradual stabilization of the American population by voluntary means would contribute significantly to America’s ability to solve its problems. This declaration of half a century ago was the unequivocal central conclusion of the groundbreaking reportRead 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 →
Slowing population growth creating an economic time bomb Rather than worrying about an overpopulated planet, we should worry more about the possibility of not having enough young people to sustain economic growth at current levels. In the 1973 film “Soylent Green”, the cumulative impacts of rampant overpopulation, pollution and climateRead More →
A crowded street in Haridwar, Uttarakhand, in March 2020. Photo: Shashank Hudkar/Unsplash India’s population is now 138 crore and could overtake China by 2024 as the most populous country in the world. Some experts and political leaders have pointed to this growing population as a problem for the climate toRead More →
The Rajya Sabha on Friday discussed a private bill on population regulation proposed by Rakesh Sinha of the Bharatiya Janata Party. During the discussion, another BJP member, Vikas Mahatme, called for the removal of the penal clauses from the bill saying that if a family were penalized for more thanRead 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 →
WASHINGTON- Over the past 10 years, changes in China’s domestic policies have led to a growing sense of demographic urgency. A strictly enforced one-child mandate was replaced by a two-child option in some cases (2013), which morphed into two children for all (2016), which transitioned to the current government pushRead More →
Gwynne Dyer is a Canadian international affairs journalist and commentator. OPINION: In population policy, the magic number is 2.1. This is the “replacement level”: if a country’s fertility rate (the average number of children a woman has in her lifetime) is 2.1, then the country’s population will remain stable .Read 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 →
If we assume that green solutions will help tackle the climate crisis, we have to keep in mind that if the level of demand for solutions is also present or higher, then solutions will become stressed, stretched, unsustainable and a source of concern for the environment and climate. Just likeRead More →
TEHRAN – The budget bill for next year (March 21, 2022) has proposed 190 trillion rials (nearly $ 690 million) for procreation and population growth, IRIB reported on Saturday. The declining marriage rate, followed by a dramatic decrease in childbearing, has raised alarm bells about an aging population, an issueRead More →
On January 1, at the stroke of midnight, New York City welcomed its first new inhabitant of 2022: Leyla Gessel Tzunun Garcia, born at the start of the new year at Coney Island Hospital in Brooklyn. With changing population and fertility trends, however, there is less competition to become theRead More →
This photo from Friday, October 22, 2021 shows a neighborhood in Milwaukee which is one of many places across the country where a new method used by the US Census Bureau to protect privacy in the 2020 census has wiped out occupied people and homes. – at least on paperRead 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 →
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 →
The Philippines could register its slowest population growth this year, but even that cannot guarantee that the country can start reaping the demographic dividend anytime soon. Based on the latest estimate from Population and Development (Popcom), only 324,000 Filipinos, a 0.3 percent increase in the country’s population, are expected thisRead 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 →
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 →
Deputy of the Bharatiya Janata party Kirodi Lal Meena Friday stressed the need for a population control bill during the current winter session of parliament, saying the population explosion was the root cause of poverty, disease, malnutrition and of pollution. “The demand for food products was increasing due to theRead More →
Even as India’s national total fertility rate (TFR) falls below replacement level, BJP MP for Rajya Sabha Kirori Lal Meena has pushed for a ‘population control’ law on the model of China’s now abandoned one-child policy. The latest set of NFHS 2019-21 survey results released by the Union Department ofRead 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 →
Based on data from Phase 2 of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) -5 released on Wednesday which showed India’s total fertility rate fell for the first time, the Ministry of Health is considering a district approach to address the problem of population control, especially in states where TFR hasRead More →
NNA | Update: October 15, 2021 3:05 p.m. STI New Delhi [India], Oct 15 (ANI): Hitting Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leader Mohan Bhagwat over his remark on ‘demographic imbalance’, Communist Party of India (Marxist) Politburo member Brinda Karat said on Friday that he was hiding facts and wanted to imposeRead More →
NEW DELHI: Hitting Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leader Mohan Bhagwat over his remark on “population imbalance”, Brinda Karat, a member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) political bureau, said on Friday that he was hiding facts and wanted to impose his own theory on population control. Speaking to ANI,Read 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 →
Population experts say introducing population control measures similar to the one being drafted in Uttar Pradesh, as previously mooted by BJP officials in the city, makes no sense in Bengaluru. The policy denies social benefits and government jobs to those with more than two children. A city’s population is determinedRead More →
Image source: PTI (FILE). Asaduddin Owaisi criticizes the government’s population control bill. Ahead of the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi blamed the Uttar Pradesh government for the colossal mishandling of the COVID-19 crisis and sneered. opposed to the recently introduced Uttar Pradesh Population Control Bill. AddressingRead More →
The issue of population control has become a hot topic of debate after the most populous state of Uttar Pradesh released a population control bill. The BJP said Assam has already passed a resolution in the assembly on the matter and introduced measures discouraging people from having more than twoRead 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 →
Uttar Pradesh has done remarkably well in improving demographic parameters and population control over the past decades, said DK Ojha, deputy chief executive (Stats Uttar Pradesh has done remarkably well in improving demographic parameters and population control over the past decades, said DK Ojha, Deputy Director General (Statistics) of theRead 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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
Mumbai, India – Across northern and central India, a campaign for a population control law is gaining momentum. The movement ostensibly seeks to raise awareness of the need to curtail India’s population of 1.34 billion, second only to China’s 1.39 billion. But its subtext reflects a core belief of right-wingRead More →
The pace of population growth around the world is slowing down, so much so that the 21st century may be the last where the digital presence of our species increases year on year. This is one of the highlights of the most recent revision of the World Population Prospects, releasedRead More →