India's Perspective: Navigating Population Challenges on World Population Day

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On World Population Day, India focuses on navigating its unique demographic challenges amidst global discussions on sustainable development and population dynamics. Watch this interesting interaction and take of the people on Population control in an exclusive Oneindia interview.       #WorldPopulationDay #PopulationControl #SustainableDevelopment #GlobalHealth #FamilyPlanning #DemographicDividend #PopulationPolicy #WomenHealth #ReproductiveHealth #BirthControl #SDGs #HealthcareAccess #HumanRights #YouthEmpowerment #GlobalAwareness                 ~HT.178~PR.282~ED.100~GR.124~

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00:00This is India. 140 crore plus people living in this country, thriving each and every day.

00:08On my back here, you can see shanties like these, where people not just live, but their

00:14families also stay with them. They work here in big cities, earn their living and only

00:21count their blessings for the next day. Right opposite to these shanties are the big skyscrapers,

00:29the multinational companies that are making this part of the national capital their hub.

00:37Whether it is in sync with what India needs as of now, and can India really stand up to

00:46the expectation of the world with a population as big as 140 crore? Is it possible for India

00:52to make this resource, this big demographic dividend, a thing to their advantage? Come,

01:01let's find out.

01:22It depends on the population. The more the population, the more pollution. So, it depends

01:49on the population.

02:05According to me, it is harm for the country. Like, I can take the example of my hometown,

02:10Muzaffarnagar. There are, if we can take 100% area around 10 years back, only 20% is populated

02:1980% contains the trees and agriculture fields. But now, 50-60% is occupied with the population

02:29within the 10 years and only 40% of the land is available for the agriculture. So, we can

02:36clearly see that the agriculture is declining, population is increasing. So, from where did

02:42we get the food, the wheat, rice and veggies? So, this leads to increase the burden on the

02:49government.

03:09Swachh Bharat Abhiyan. No one had thought that in a country as big as India, this particular

03:14signature of keeping India clean would resonate with the masses. Now, today, we are assessing

03:22the role of India as the world celebrates Population Day. This is something which is

03:27very innate to India, very important for India to take note of and needless to say, staying

03:33standing in the heat of this summer in the national capital of India. One thing is pretty

03:39certain, as you heard many people saying also, that for India as of now, the road ahead is

03:45only to make, create jobs and also empower the younger generation and make them aware

03:52about the merits and demerits of family planning and also taking a holistic approach of how

04:00this population, this big population can be put to practice. Countries like China have

04:04done it before, they have tried implementing one child policy but it has backfired at them

04:10and like many other countries where the older population starts increasing and the workforce

04:15starts decreasing. In India, the situation is different. Nearly 74% of the Indian population

04:21as of now is under 35 years of old. That's as per the 2011 census and if that is the

04:29scenario, then India has the potential and all the chances to convert this demographic

04:35dividend into one of its biggest strengths. This is Pankaj Mishra, signing off for One India.

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