Question

Why is the rate of population growth in India declining since 1981?

Answer 1

Hint:
- In the 2011-2021 decade, India's population growth rate is projected to decline to its lowest since Independence, with a decadal growth rate of 12.5%. As per the report that The Wire has seen, it will fall further to 8.4 per cent in the 2021-2031 decade.

- India's current population in 2020 is 1,380,004,385, a rise of 0.99 percent from 2019.

Complete solution:
India's growth rate has been slowing for the past few decades, as in most of the rest of the world, a decrease attributed to growing poverty alleviation; rising levels of education, especially among women; and increasing urbanization.

For the following factors, the population growth rate in India began to decline gradually after 1981:

- Family planning steps have been taken that lead to a decrease in the birth rate.
- Knowledge of the advantages of small families has been acknowledged.
- There was a growth in the nuclear family, which followed the norms of small families.
- Promotion of the government's family planning program.
- The increased literacy rate among the population. Due to the development of knowledge among citizens through government policies, birth rate control.
 - The government adopted the national population strategy, which stressed teenage schooling, delayed marriage and childbearing.
- The quick decline in death rates has been the key cause of the rate of growth of the Indian population.
- The difference between birth rates and death rates is the natural decrease of the population.
- Enhancement of adequate sex education.
- The rise of women's education.

Note:
Census data indicates that in every census since 1981, the population growth rate nationally has decreased. While the population of the nation grew by 21.5 per cent between 1991 and 2001, the population growth rate decreased from 2001 to 2011 to a rise of 17.7 per cent. According to the Ministry of Finance in its latest 2018-'19 Economic Survey, between 2021 and 2041, the population of the country is projected to rise by just 12.1 per cent.