Population Menace

It is said that our country is over populated.

- Vazir Ahmed Khan

The British on the pretext of over population knocked off our raw material for their country's gain. Sanjay Gandhi did extensive family planning but he became unpopular due to its unwise implementation like Mohamed Bin Tuglak, yet Baba`Ram Dev, a sadhu intellectual after 2019 General Election again raised the issue of over population because muslims in principle have the provision of four wives, naturally the growth, according to him, would be 4 x 10 = 40 children per muslim family apprehending to him may outnumber hindu population in course of time, but he forgot the hindu individuals having any number of concubines in addition to official one wife that may not make any significant difference.

It will not be impertinent to add that a man went to Prophet Mohamed asking for permission to waste his semen to avoid multiplicity of children. The prophet quite reluctantly replied to him that whatever measures he adopts to avoid birth of children, it is upto God to bestow any number of children, either male, female, singles, twins, triples quadruples or none (childless). So none of us should get afraid that it is the nature that balances population growth compared to the means of subsistence. Even if there is an abnormal growth, according to Malthusian theory of population, there will be natural checks like floods e.q. and Tsunamis etc.

However, in India there appears to be an increase in relation to the production of goods and services when compared to population. Certainly it can be said that there is a visible increase in population, as according to Malthusian Theory of Population, we should strive to increase the means of subsistence. This can only be done by utilizing manpower. Fortunately we have abundant manpower. industries are getting closed, consequently we have good scope to utilize unemployed youth.