One-child policy
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China
The Planned Birth policy is the birth control policy of the government of the People's Republic of China (PRC). It is known in Western society as the One-child Policy due to the required payment of a "social compensation fee" for couples having more than one child in an urban area. China's generally perceived pandemic overpopulation problem, with the associated social and environmental problems, forced the government to take strong unique measures in population planning policy. The policy is controversial both within and outside China due to allegations of extreme methods such as forced abortions and other human rights abuses by the local authorities. Punishmnets may included amputation of genitals and forced sterilization.
India
"The Indian Government was one of the first to formulate a National Family Planning Programme in 1951, which was later expanded to encompass maternal and child health, family welfare and nutrition. The government is committed to promoting the small family and to support population programs.
However, during more than three decades of population programs 'watch', I have found that there is a huge gap between 'planning' and its actual 'execution' and many of our statistics are screwed up. As a result, population 'explosion' continues unabated... According to the United Nations Population Information Network (POPIN), the annual growth rate of India is still 2.14% and the Total Fertility Rate (TFR) (sum of age specific fertility rates in a specific year) is 3.5. The women aged 15-49 using modern contraception methods were only 36%. On May 11 this year, we announced amidst much publicity glare the birth of the one billionth child, Aastha. Since then quite a few more million babies have been added to our population.
Our population now is second only to China. . . The comparison with China is misleading since China has about 20% of the world population and 7% of land area. In contrast, India has about 16% of the world population but has only about 2.4% of the total land area.
"The Indian Government was one of the first to formulate a National Family Planning Programme in 1951, which was later expanded to encompass maternal and child health, family welfare and nutrition. The government is committed to promoting the small family and to support population programs.
However, during more than three decades of population programs 'watch', I have found that there is a huge gap between 'planning' and its actual 'execution' and many of our statistics are screwed up. As a result, population 'explosion' continues unabated... According to the United Nations Population Information Network (POPIN), the annual growth rate of India is still 2.14% and the Total Fertility Rate (TFR) (sum of age specific fertility rates in a specific year) is 3.5. The women aged 15-49 using modern contraception methods were only 36%. On May 11 this year, we announced amidst much publicity glare the birth of the one billionth child, Aastha. Since then quite a few more million babies have been added to our population.
Our population now is second only to China. . . The comparison with China is misleading since China has about 20% of the world population and 7% of land area. In contrast, India has about 16% of the world population but has only about 2.4% of the total land area.
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