Homework Help: Social Studies: World Issues: Population Pressure in India

This article relates to a population explosion in India, similar to the one in China, which may result in a one child policy if the government get their way.

In India, the government is contemplating having a one-child-per-family norm as India's current population is 960 million, and rises another 18 million annually. However, experts have attacked back, arguing that it would not be accepted by the Indian public to restrict family size.

One of the main arguments against a one child policy is that experts believe it would cause the same kind of unplanned side effects as the policy in China which is now 'more or less given up'. In China, issues such as serious discipline problems, slave brides, and high death rates among young girls became so out of hand that in parts of China this policy was abandoned.

Another point against India's policy is that most poor families are large in order to survive. Without lots of children, the families would not be able to raise enough money: children are regarded as social security and a reliable source of income.

Without some kind of population control, India is likely to face problems of not enough land, not enough food, and eventually no survival. Instead of making people only have one child, perhaps families could be rewarded for only having on child. This way, parents have the choice of having one child and being rewarded, or having more and not being rewarded. Banning people with more than two children from contesting elections is also an idea with potential.

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