Resources are limited. Does the influential problem of ‘illegal migration’ should be further allowed to worsen the overpopulation issue of India? India, the 2nd most populated country on the planet evidently has a high growing rate in terms of its population. As we go according to the recent stats of 2011 census and the Report by United Nations Statistics Division the country has a birth rate of above forty thousand newborns per day, while the death rate lags far behind it. But, is this issue of overpopulation just related to the birth and death rates? Well reports say differently, according to them, the birth rate though having a prominent effect on the population growth rate remains an issue of less concern with the regular fall in the fertility …show more content…
Among these, the main effects of overpopulation that has significantly grown with time are the issue of unemployment and increased crime rates.
The condition of unemployment in India has seen a major increase in the past 10 years both in the urban as well as rural lands (Shubhi). The country has been unable to produce jobs for each of its citizens due to lack of production houses within the country. However, there has been a consistent growth in the production houses and factory setups, but it has been able to keep up pace with the significantly increasing population level (Jain and Majhi). Here with the illegal immigration of Bangladeshi’s and their search for jobs has greatly been affected the employment sector of India, as the country has limited resources which can only be enough for its residents. With the problem of unemployment the unavoidable scenario of poverty
…show more content…
India Contraceptives Market to Grow at CAGR 17%: Pharmaion Consultants Report. 15 February 2016. 23 April 2016. .
Braithwaite, J. Inequality, Crime and Public Policy. London: Routledge, 1979.
Collaco, Danielle. India 's Fastest Growing Crime: Kidnapping of Women & Girls. 14 Juke 2013. April 2016. .
Fleisher, B.M. ""The effect of Unemployment on Juvenile Delinquency", Journal of Political Economy." "The effect of Unemployment on Juvenile Delinquency", Journal of Political Economy (1963): 71(6), pp(543-555).
Jain, T.R. and B.D. Majhi. Economic evelopment and Policy in India: VK Global Publication Pvt Ltd. VK Global Publocation Pvt. ltd. , 2014.
Jason, L.C., S. Laurel David and D. Jason. "Population, poverty, environment, and climate dynamics in the developing world. Interdisciplinary Environmental Review, Vol. 11." n.d.
Shubhi, A. Impact of India 's Population Growth on Economic Development Paripex-Indian Journal of Research, Voulme 3. 2014.
South Asia Research Society . Report by Sachar Committee Appendic Tables 3.1-3.5. Report. Calcutta: South Asia Research Society, n.d.
Van-Schendel, William. The Bengal Borderland; Beyond State and Nation in South Asia. London: Anthem Press,
Glick, J, Schaffer, C. 1991. "The Indian Homeland." U.S. News and World Report. July 8, vol.111, n2, pg26 (6)
Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture, and Consumer Protection. Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture, and Consumer Protection, . Web. 30 Oct 2011. .
Though the world economy as a whole has grown in recent years, a factor that is not taken into account is that the number “of the poor in the world has increased by 100 million” (Roy 3). In other words, the gap between rich and poor is widening. For India, this has startling implications. Though it is a nation that is developing in many ways, it also is a nation blessed with over one billion citizens, a population tally that continues to grow at a rapid rate. This population increase will greatly tax resources, which can create a setback in the development process. The tragedy, of course, is that the world is full of resources and wealth. In fact, Roy quotes a statistic showing that corporations, and not even just countries, represent 51 of the 100 largest economies in the world (Roy 3). For a country struggling to develop, such information is disheartening. However, there is also a more nefarious consequence of the growing disparity between rich and poor, and power and money being concentrated in the hands of multinational corporations: war is propagated in the name of resource acquisition, and corruption can reign as multinationals seek confederates in developing countries that will help companies drive through their plans, resulting in not only environmental destruction but also the subversion of democracy (Roy 3).
[6] Kripalani, Majeet & Egnardio, Pete. The Rise Of India. Business Week Online. December 8, 2003. http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/03_49/b3861001_mz001.htm
...an HDI of 0.36. These discrepancies in levels of development have led to an exodus of people, from less developed areas to the areas that have been benefitted by development. This situation seems to depict that predicted by the Dependency theory in which the developed countries progressed due to the exploitation of peripheral nations; the same seems to be happening in India. The states that are wealthier are exploiting the poorer states. It would be difficult to imagine India having the economic status that it now has, if it was not for the terrible working conditions and wages at which the Indians are willing to work and the massive work force available in the country. Now that India has seen economic growth the government should start taking care of its citizens by implementing policies that protect the labor rights of the workforce.
Nicholas B Dirks. (1989). The Invention of Caste: Civil Society in Colonial India: Social Analysis. The International Journal of Social and Cultural Practice. No. 25, pp. 42-52
Critically one of the larger factors of this topic where the problems begin is in poverty. Citizens of the United States often argue that lack of social reform has significant effects throughout all communities and their poverty levels in America. This may be true to a certain degree, but a largely missed fact is that exponential growth has occurred vastly in the past hundred years shown through histories’ short industrialization of the US; population size strongly correlates to the increase cost of living and the poverty threshold. Social form favors the increase of manufacturing which has dominated not only our capitalist market but many foreign markets as well; while compared to service occupations which have made little advancement compared to production output and technology. Those key components affect largely the amount of jobs available and knowledge required to compete in a competitive job market, yet allow employers to operate at minimal expense level. This disparity of finite jobs creates the separation of classes respectively relating people’s ability t...
…….…, “Amitav Ghosh’s The Hungry Tide and the Blurring of National Boundaries”. Conference issue of South Asian Review 25.3; 2004.
Shah, Anup. "Poverty and the Environment." - Global Issues. N.p., 12 Feb. 2005. Web. 29 Jan. 2014.
"Overpopulation: Environmental and Social Problems." Effects of Overpopulation on the Environment and Society. Institute for Population Studies, 2010. Web. 2 Mar. 2014.
An increase in human population can influence our economy. Some of the factors that are affected are unemployment, poverty and the restriction of economic expansion. When the population increases, the cost of health, education, and other areas of urban growth are affected. Unempl...
Census (2011) of India indicates that there are over 12 million child workers in India. They are employed in textile factories, roadside restaurants (dhabas), hotels, domestic workers, in mines and so on. They are even seen doing hazardous work in firecrackers and matchstick industries. This is not a new scenario for India. The Government has been taking proactive steps to tackle this problem through strict enforcement of policies and laws.
To attain development, the Government of India has formulated many development strategies without paying adequate attention to the developmental needs of the backward regions. In such a case, the development strategies naturally depend on the market forces to stimulate the developmental process to all part of the country through the trickle down process. But this strategy has not succeeded in many countries including India. Moreover the Indian planners over emphasised the role of big push strategy. But the impact studies showed that the big push strategy in India did not adequately develop the backward regions.
India, the population of which is estimated to be 1.27 billion also ranks 2nd in largest population and 33 in population density. The social problems in India in the new