Overpopulation of India : Factors, Implications and Recommendations
Zsolt-Szilveszter Sandu1
and Narek Sukiasyan2
1Department of European Studies and Governance, Babeș-Bolyai University, ClujNapoca,
Romania
2
Faculty of European Studies, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
ABSTRACT
The purpose of this paper is to shed light on the overpopulation issue of India and propose
recommendations on how to overcome it. First, the paper summarizes the crucial demographic conditions
and where India stands by numbers. Then the article presents the development of the state approach to the
issue starting from the early years of independence up to the current policies. It does so by scrutinizing its
cultural, economic and social factors and implications of overpopulation and identifies socio-economic
backwardness, early marriages and family norms, lack of adequate health care infrastructure and
education as the correlated and interdependent features supporting the trend of overpopulation. The
authors come up with three recommendations to tackle the issue – women empowerment, education and
industrialization.
KEYWORDS
Overpopulation, Family Planning, Women Empowerment, Industrialization, Population Policy.
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