This thought has been in my mind from quite some time over population as personally I'm a person hating crowded places and places with chaos. India is a land which is gifted with a lot many natural resources, but still India's GDP is one of the lowest in the world, thanks to our ever increasing population. The GDP index is increasing somehow in the last few years but we won't achieve a radical progress because of the mighty population we possess. In fact going one step ahead, I believe that population is the worst problem faced presently by India. Forget GDP, but there are innumerable problems arising out due to this which can't be listed in words. Like, I was frustrated on not getting railway reservation few days ago for Bombay, and the wait in the queue (for an hour) had only added in the mess. If we consider the cases of few developed nations, it’s clear that they have advanced because of their less population and good governance. Logically, good governance is achieved if population is less! Just look at examples like Luxembourg, Norway, Australia, NZ, UK and maybe Antarctica after few years? People don't tend to care much for each other, as we got multiple human options. Not only this, but too many children brought up at a home, which does not have a strong financial support, yield few uncivilized citizens for the nation. At any place, the pressure of competition experienced is high if a large crowd exists. Simply to put, it becomes 'Quantity More, Quality Less'. Just look at the rush in medical, engineering, CAT and other courses. Many hard-working and deserving students miss what they want by a few ranks. Other side effects can be more traffic, longer queues, no reservation availability, and may be no oxygen, or even an earthquake?
As I said, there are many problems that can't be listed; I just got a few in words.
But, yes some plus points of it as mentioned by our respected President Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam is the number of educated youngsters, which we will get (considering good education is provided) if they are shaped in a proper way. It can work wonders and that’s the real challenge that lies in front of the young generation.
- Ameya Waghmare
ameyawaghmare@gmail.com
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5 comments:
hey amey...i agree...some where population is affecting the growth.And over that our population policies have been disastrous and failed dramatically.but as there are two sides of a same coin....India is the youngest country in da world with great minds thanx to the same population.I think proper infrastructure cud be a great help.And one thing which we should learn from China that is excessive labour allocation policy.
This argument seizes to make sense because it's not population but illiteracy that is india's biggest worry. To channelize the excess population,we need to create demand for them in the labour market - urban as well as rural.And this demand is only created if we educated this unskilled labour. To prevent this linear growth of GDP, we need to use this excess population, not discard them as cattle. Its a vicious circle and it all starts with illiteracy. You are probably looking at this national problem from a micro point of view. Plus, what angers me the most about this article is using population as an excuse for incompetence in governance. If there is something that hinders growth, one needs to address this issue. In fact your argument would be make many lazy ass administrators happy!
@mamta:
Agreed,infrastructure and education are two current problems which need urgent attention.The second side of the coin needs to be used more..our populace needs to b used as a strength.[read the last para]
@janvi:
As far india's biggest worry is concerned,it was my personal opinion as 'population'.Definitely,education is one area wherein we need to pay urgent attention,and the population will turn out to be a strength.I agree with u regarding the point,
"To channelize the excess population,we need to create demand for them in the labour market - urban as well as rural."
And yes,any such point to discard the huge mass of public as cattle is not mentioned in the article.
Well,regarding governance,I only wanted to make a point that countries with lesser population are happy with their governance whereas it's not found in nations like India,China[top 3]..
Regarding illiteracy,China's literacy is 95%,India's is 61% but we do better in engineering,outsourcing whereas again China is better in manufacturing/labour!! :)
thnx for commenting.
sorry for the late comment but here it goes...
i perfectly agree with what Ameya has to say.population should b our single largest concern.well this should explain it better:-
your computer's memory has a capacity to run 10 programs.u open 10 more.so something which should ideally run 10 programs is now running 20.your computer slows down...a couple of programs freeze ...u get frustrated and the last resort is restarting it.a technically sound person would terminate unwanted programs and continue to work.If the memory(a resource) is our country and programs r people...what would you do?you cant restart the country ,u cannot terminate people(that would make u criminal) and you definitely cannot upgrade the country with your parent's money.at the most the taxes they pay will fill politicians pockets.
We cant possibly increase the geographical area that the country occupies.We can at least control the population.
Both of you - Ameya and Harshal have pointed out how population is an eyesore and how it needs to be controlled. But do you realize that controlling the population is a momentous task in itself. Have you pointed out how one can control it? It's logical to control pop, but HOW? Okay let me ask you this, Can you sterilize people forcefully? And I'm not even going to broach the issue of morality. Sanjay Gandhi, as a youth wing leader tried it during Indira Gandhi's rule, it didn't work.It instigates violence. You have another problem at hand then.On the contrary, it just creates a big divide between the ruler and the ruled. If population needs to be eradicated, educating them is the only solution. Let us not forget that our's is a democracy and we CANNOT force legislation upon people. It is a combined effort. Isn't governance simpler when the people know they are a part of it?
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