Question

At the time of Independence, the population of India was 350 million, which exploded to over 1 billion by May 2000. List any two reasons for this rise in population and any two steps taken by the government to check this population *****.

Answer 1

Two reasons for increase in population are:

(i) A rapid decline in ***** rate, maternal mortality rate and infant mortality rate.

(ii) Increase in number of people in reproducible age.

Two reasons for decline in population are:

(i) Statutory raising of marriageable age of the female to 18 years and male to 21 years.

(ii) Incentives given to couples with small families.