Over-Population

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Part A: Essay
Introduction
Overpopulation refers to the unwanted condition in which human population surpasses
the available natural resources to feed as well as sustain it. Currently, the globe is inhabited by
more than seven billion individuals, with China and India leading as the most-populated nation,
respectively. Rapid growth in the population remains the bane of the economy of
underdeveloped, poor, as well as developing economies in the globe. The population statistics
showcase an ironical scenario; whereby North America’s region is sixteen percent of the globe,
solely six percent population of the world lives there yet it consumes forty-five percent of the
total global income. Asia, on the other hand, comprises eighteen percent of the globe; however, it
is home to sixty-seven percent of the worldwide population and only consumes twelve percent of
the global income. The scenario in Africa is further worrisome. Apparently, the areas with more
significant population stay socio-economically backward. The inhabitants obtain food that is not
only inadequate but also worse with respect to nutrients. India is considered an explosive area of
the population as the population not only has surged more, but India shall be liable to increase in
population in the future. Overpopulation in India thus remains among the top severe problems
facing the country since it accounts for over 1.2B individuals of the 7B global population. Many
states in India outnumber various nations in population. This paper argues that overpopulation in
India is a serious problem which calls for a deeper look at the causes and effects, and suggests
effective solutions as an urgent need to address the problem.
Causes

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Increased life expectancy, lack of family planning, early marriages, lack of education,
and compulsion of poverty, mindset problem, and religious reasons are the main causes of
overpopulation in India. In regards to increased life expectancy, whereas India’s average annual
birth rate was 42/1000 between 1951 and 1961, it plunged to 24.8/1000 in the year 2011 whereby
India experienced declined decadal rate of death to 8.5 between 2001 and 2011 from the 42.6
between 1901 and 1911 (Farraji et al., 2016). Because the death rate has further dropped
abruptly, India’s population has been growing rapidly. In respect of lack of family planning,
summing up the statistics on miscarriages in India (6.20 lakh between 2010 and 2011) with
approximated birth statistics (2.05 crore in same period) in one year, even in the face of family
planning era, one woman is pregnant at any given time on average between the ages 15 and 45
years. This occurs due to a huge number of individuals in India being illiterate with a lack of
awareness regarding several merits of family planning alongside the adverse effects of
overpopulation in society. Concerning early marriages, child marriage remains one of main
India’s social problems. Currently, a huge number of girls and boys in India are coupled at a
tender age where they are never prepared for the responsibilities of a family either emotionally,
socially, mentally, or physically. Such marriages at tender ages culminate further in higher infant
mortality rates. In terms of lack of education, family planning failure is directly linked to large-
scale Indian illiteracy, which further contributes to early marriages, low women status, and high
child mortality rate. Illiterate Indian families can never grasp problems and issues triggered by
the rising rate of population. They stay unaware of several means of population control,
contraceptives usage, and measures of birth control. In regards to religious reasons, Indians stay
conservative alongside orthodox who are increasingly opposed to family planning measures.
Indian women are in such orthodox and conservative families are disallowed from family