Socio-Economic Issues in India
Socio-economic issues in India
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Since India's Independence in 1947, country has faced several social and economic issues.Contents
1 Overpopulation
2 Economic issues
2.1 Poverty
2.2 Corruption
3 Education
3.1 Initiatives
3.2 Issues
4 Violence
4.1 Religious violence
4.2 Terrorism
4.3 Naxalism
4.4 Caste related violence
5 See also
6 References
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Overpopulation
Further information: Family planning in India and Demographics of India
India suffers from the problem of overpopulation.[1][2][3] Though India ranks second in population, it ranks 33 in terms of population density below countries such as The Netherlands, South Korea and Japan. To cure this problem, Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India, had implemented a forced sterilization programme in the early 1970s but failed. Officially, men with two children or more had to submit to sterilization, but many unmarried young men, political opponents and ignorant, poor men were also believed to have been sterilized. This program is still remembered and criticized in India, and is blamed for creating a wrong public aversion to family planning, which hampered Government programmes for decades.[4]
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Economic issues Percent of population living under the poverty line Extent of corruption in Indian states, as measured in a 2005 study by Transparency International India. (Darker regions are more corrupt)[5]
Further information: Economy of India
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Poverty
Main article: Poverty in India
One-third of India's population (roughly equivalent to the entire population of the United States) lives below the poverty line and India is home to one-third of the world's poor people.
Though the middle class has gained from recent positive economic developments, India suffers from substantial poverty. According to the new World Bank's estimates on poverty based on 2005 data, India has 456 million people, 41.6% of its population, living below the new international poverty line of
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Since India's Independence in 1947, country has faced several social and economic issues.Contents
1 Overpopulation
2 Economic issues
2.1 Poverty
2.2 Corruption
3 Education
3.1 Initiatives
3.2 Issues
4 Violence
4.1 Religious violence
4.2 Terrorism
4.3 Naxalism
4.4 Caste related violence
5 See also
6 References
[edit]
Overpopulation
Further information: Family planning in India and Demographics of India
India suffers from the problem of overpopulation.[1][2][3] Though India ranks second in population, it ranks 33 in terms of population density below countries such as The Netherlands, South Korea and Japan. To cure this problem, Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India, had implemented a forced sterilization programme in the early 1970s but failed. Officially, men with two children or more had to submit to sterilization, but many unmarried young men, political opponents and ignorant, poor men were also believed to have been sterilized. This program is still remembered and criticized in India, and is blamed for creating a wrong public aversion to family planning, which hampered Government programmes for decades.[4]
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Economic issues Percent of population living under the poverty line Extent of corruption in Indian states, as measured in a 2005 study by Transparency International India. (Darker regions are more corrupt)[5]
Further information: Economy of India
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Poverty
Main article: Poverty in India
One-third of India's population (roughly equivalent to the entire population of the United States) lives below the poverty line and India is home to one-third of the world's poor people.
Though the middle class has gained from recent positive economic developments, India suffers from substantial poverty. According to the new World Bank's estimates on poverty based on 2005 data, India has 456 million people, 41.6% of its population, living below the new international poverty line of
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