About social impact

1. INDIA POPULATION: A
NATIONAL ASSET OR
LIABILITY?

2. INTRODUCTION
 Overpopulation is growing problem
throughout
the India.
 India population has reached 125 crore.
 Rapid growth of population causes poverty
and to be a barrier to development.
 Trained and skilled skilled population can be
considered as resource for a nation.
 It has put serious pressure on every sector
on every sector on economy.

3. POPULATION AS AN ASSET
 India is the largest provider of skilled manpower
in the world.
 India has the largest youth population in the
world.
 India has variety of skills in terms of languages
spoken, technology, education and
environments.
 India is the provider of engineers and English
speaking professionals in the world.
 India is the largest market for automobiles , high
value foods , mobile phones.

4. INTERESTING FACTS
 India has 17.5% of world population and
projected to be world most populous country.
 Population growth rate is 1.5%,ranking 90th in
the world
 India has more than 50% of its population
below the age of 25.
 Uttar Pradesh population(200 million)is equal
to the combined population of U.K, France and
Germany.

5. CAUSES FOR POPULATION GROWTH
 High birth rate
 Relatively lower death rate
 Migration
Net migration is the difference between
emigration and immigration.

6. INDIAN ECONOMY
 India is the fastest growing economy in the
world.
 The economy of India is the 10th largest in
the world by nominal GDP and 3rd largest by
purchasing power parity.
 India is the 19th largest exporter and the 10th
largest importer in the world.
 The economy is growing around 5%growth
rate.

7. LABOUR FORCE AND ECONOMY
 “India large population is an important asset,
and the key to the economic future of our
nation.” – Jawaharlal Nehru
 India will have a surplus of 47million working
age people
 There is shortage for working age people in
other countries.

8. POPULATION AS LIABILITY
 High unemployment rate
 High poverty level
 Low capital formation
 Over-stained infrastructure
 Effect on agriculture land
 Effect on water and grass lands
 Effect on forests
 Effect on mineral resources
 Food security

9. HOW TO REDUCE RAPID POPULATION GROWTH?
 Expansion of industrial sector
 Creation of employment opportunities
 Equitable distribution of income and removal of
poverty.
 Increase education , employment and wages
for women
 Increase the minimum-age of child labour.
 Provide better old age social security
 Implementation of family planning progrms

10. CONCLUSION
 India is still attaining its high rates of
economic growth despite the rise in
population.
 Government should take measures to
improve quality of our human resources.
 Population should not become liability but
asset of the nation.
 But ,it become necessary to control
population growth by awareness and
education.

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