Wednesday 4 September 2013

Over-population:Root of all problems

A variety of problems play hide-seek with the great Indian dream of being in the proud club of developed countries by 2020.What will the consequences,exactly put benefits,of being in the elite club,I don't know.A lot is being discussed upon the tag.What will future India look like,the challenges it faces and the distinction it will make for itself is as yet unknown.We had strange mathematical calculation on poverty levels and life expectancy.The year 2020 seems to hold in itself all the solutions to our infinite list of drawbacks from education to infant mortality rate.This belief in dream India,its wrong to suggest completely unfounded,but as yet far fetched.The crisis are just too many to be solved by the limited scope of economic welfare.We may create a huge wealth for ourselves,yet the distribution will always be within scope of questioning.Lets admit the simple fact.Its near impossible to create infrastructure for nearly 1.35 billion people.So much job requirement can not be matched even if we go on to become fastest growing economy.Of course,huge population will make a huge market thereby increasing industries.But what about the basic necessity of food and water.Already the limited fertile land has been exploited too much by the use of chemicals to produce as much as possible.Now,the fertility is decreasing and cost of production shooting up.Feeding 1.35 billion stomachs will be impossible.Real estate business seems to be growing despite all boon and bane in the economic circles.But a reality check is we are not able to get any land for living in even tier-2 cities let alone metropolitan,where getting even flat is a daunting task.Our education centers are in shambles.Government has not gone any extra mile to facilitate higher education and most of the private players are simply making money out of it.Providing quality education even to the worthy and ready-to-pay is also becoming a rarity.Medical facilities in country is just wonderful.Humans are given treatment as per the animals.They are forced to sleep on floors and specialist doctors have really become God counting by the time they make an appearance.Simply put,the hospitals and medical colleges established while Independence were not sufficient for the then population of 40 crores.Now,the population may have gone up by three hundred percent,the infrastructure growth has not kept pace.No matter how much we try,we will never be able to win the race for development crediting to the population density.No leader,except Sanjay Gandhi,during the dark days of emergency(though its much controversial),has even paid a small heed to this matter of prime importance.The story is particularly slack in Northern India,they seem to be taking pride in the growing number pf parliamentary constituencies in their state.Immediate steps are needed to arrest this growth.Rather than giving classy hindi slogans,they must put in proper law.The problem is particularly evident in poor and working classes.And the tragedy is that its pushing them more under the jaws of poverty.Its simple to feed one or two child for them,they can even save.But,feeding half a dozen erodes all possibility of improvement in situation.Government should start special initiative for them and if need be so use clutches of law.After all its for their own good.

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