Question

mention any two problems of population explosion.​

Answer 1

Answer:

One of the biggest threats of continued population growth is deforestation and loss of biodiversity. ... The projected addition of 2.7 billion people to the world's population from now to 2050 is the climate equivalent of adding two United States to the planet

Answer 2

Answer:

Poverty is believed to be the leading cause of overpopulation. A lack of educational resources, coupled with high death rates leading to higher birth rates, result in impoverished areas seeing large booms in population.

Improved medical facility, Increased birth rate, Decreased death rate, Decline of diseases- eg. Cholera, Agricultural development, Low marriageable life, Lack of family planning, Desire for male child Population has crossed the optimum limit in India and has become a liability.

So problem of population explosion in India has proved to be a big hindrance in the success of economic planning and development.

Following are the main effects of population explosion

Effect on per Capita Income:

Large size of population in India and its rapid rate of growth results into low per capita availability of capital.

Effect on Food Problem:

Rapid rate of growth of population has been the root cause of food problem

Problem of Unemployment:

Large size of population results in large army of labour force. But due to shortage of capital resources it becomes difficult to provide gainful employment to the entire working population.

Low Standard of Living:

Rapid growth of population accounts for low standard of living in India. Even the bare necessities of life are not available adequately. According to Dr. Chander Shekhar population in India increases by about 1.60 crore. It requires 121 lakh tonnes of food grains, 1.9 lakh metres of cloth and 2.6 lakh houses and 52 lakh additional jobs.

Poverty:

Rising population increases poverty in India. People have to spend a large portion of their resources for bringing up of their wards. It results into less saving and low rate of capital formation. Hence improvement in production technique becomes impossible. It means low productivity of labour.