{"id":223172,"date":"2023-01-19T20:11:16","date_gmt":"2023-01-19T14:41:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=223172"},"modified":"2023-02-20T19:00:36","modified_gmt":"2023-02-20T13:30:36","slug":"overtaking-china-new-population-estimates-have-wider-implications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/overtaking-china-new-population-estimates-have-wider-implications\/","title":{"rendered":"Overtaking China \u2013 New population estimates have wider implications"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Source<\/strong>: The post is based on the article\u00a0\u201c<strong>Overtaking China \u2013 New population estimates have wider implications\u201d published in <\/strong><strong>Business Standard <\/strong>on\u00a0<strong>19<sup>th<\/sup> January 2023<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Syllabus: GS 1 \u2013 Population and Associated Issues<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Relevance: <\/strong><strong>challenges with increasing population<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>News<\/strong>: The article discusses the challenges with India due to the increasing population.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What is the news?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>According to the <strong>World Population Review<\/strong>, India\u2019s population has become 1.417 billion.<\/p>\n<p>According to <strong>China&#8217;s National Statistics Bureau<\/strong>, in 2022 China saw its first decline in population since the famine-hit 1960s. The population count in China is now 1.412 billion.<\/p>\n<p>This means <strong>India is now the world\u2019s largest country by population<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What are the challenges for India due to increasing population?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>It is true that a higher population brings more tax to the government leading to increase in spending. However, it also has challenges associated with it.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the challenges with increasing population are &#8211; <strong>a)<\/strong> pressure on man-made infrastructure such as apartments, <strong>b)<\/strong> pressure on natural resources, <strong>c)<\/strong> create challenges for sustainability of India\u2019s natural habitats; e.g., Joshimath crisis.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Must Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/china-india-population-implications-of-slowing-dragon-racing-elephant\/\"><strong>China, India population: Implications of slowing dragon, racing elephant <\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>What can be the way ahead?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>There is a need for India to have <strong>quality population<\/strong>; i.e., it needs to enhance its human resource capability by refocusing its public policy.<\/p>\n<p>This would help India in reaping the benefits out of its demographic dividend and become an upper-income country.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: The post is based on the article\u00a0\u201cOvertaking China \u2013 New population estimates have wider implications\u201d published in Business Standard on\u00a019th January 2023. Syllabus: GS 1 \u2013 Population and Associated Issues Relevance: challenges with increasing population News: The article discusses the challenges with India due to the increasing population. What is the news? 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