Article: A two-child policy in overpopulated India? It won't work, say experts.



Hi Delegates,

          I hope everyone is excited for the conference! :D
          Here is a news article that I think will give you some inspirations about overpopulation mitigation in Asia.

Since India stopped from its notorious policy of using sterilization to control its population growth, the government of India has implemented the new strategy of offering family planning educations and resources. Thus, they have seen major advancements as shown in the article: "According to the ministry of health and family welfare, India's rate of total population growth has declined from 21.5% during the 1991 to 2001 period, to 17.6% during the 2001 to 2011 period" (Gupta, CNN).
However, overpopulation still remains as a serious concern for India as there is a rising poverty rate happening in India. In India, insufficient resources could not be efficiently allocated to the growing population. 

Therefore, some Indian politicians are proposing that India should also implement a two-child policy in order to alleviate the overpopulation crisis in India. 
Nonetheless, B. Paswan, head of the department of population policies and programmes at the International Institute for Population Sciences, argued that India government has no capability to implement such policy under India's socioeconomic situation.

Some questions to consider:
  1. As the article mentions how overpopulation causes the problem of resource use, what would be effective solutions to address this problem of resource use?
  2. If following China's step would not work, what should India do to solve their overpopulation issue?


If you have any question, please feel free to contact me at ybian@bmun.org
Best,
Yuki 

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