what initiative did the government of india take to tackle the problem of rapid growth of populationश्री स्वामी
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Minimum age of marriage: The problem of child marriage is highly prominent in certain countries with high population like India, Pakistan or Bangladesh. A marriage at a tender age leads to a long span for giving birth. Also young age marriage devoid people of the education and awareness required to be sensitive towards and understand the consequences of raising too many children.
Raising the status of women: There is still discrimination to the women. They are confined to four walls of the house. They are still confined to rearing and bearing children. So women should be given opportunities to develop socially and economically. Free education should be given to them.
Spread of Education: The spread of education changes the outlook of people. The educated men prefer to delay marriage and adopt small family norms. Educated women are health conscious and avoid frequent pregnancies and thus help in lowering birth rate.
More employment opportunities: The first and foremost measure is to raise employment avenues in rural as well as urban areas. Generally in rural areas there is disguised unemployment. So efforts should be made tos migrate unemployed persons from the rural side to the urban side. When their income is increased they would improve their standard of living and adopt small family norms. Another method to check the population is to provide employment to women. Women should be given incentive to give services in different fields. Women are taking an active part in competitive examinations. As a result their number in teaching, medical and banking etc. is increasing rapidly.
Spreading awareness: People need to be told and made to understand the consequences of having too many children. Government and non-government institutions can carry awareness campaigns informing people how they will be unable to provide good nutrition, education or medical facilities to their children if they have too many. Population is also a reason for illiteracy and diseases and malnutrition and the negative effects of it are required to be communicated to the general public to expand their reasoning and understanding.