Urgent need of population control in India: Why are we always avoiding this issue?

India's population is projected to reach 1,428,627,663 individuals by 2023, accounting for 17.76% of the global population. Overpopulation in India can lead to negative consequences such as strain on resources, environmental degradation, overcrowding, healthcare and education, unemployment, underemployment, poverty, public services and infrastructure, increased healthcare burden, food security, social tensions, gender imbalances, and health challenges. The need for a population control bill in India is a contentious issue, with supporters arguing it is necessary to address various challenges associated with the country's large and growing population. Arguments in favour include resource scarcity, economic burden, and healthcare and education. Population control laws and policies vary significantly from country to country, reflecting diverse demographic, cultural, and political contexts. To implement population control laws or related policies in India, policymakers must carefully design and implement measures that balance various factors, including individual rights, cultural and social considerations, and demographic challenges. Population is the resource of labour force. The larger the size of population, the larger will be the labour force. Labour alone cannot produce anything. If other resources required for production are and available in sufficient quantity then a labour force is productive assets for a country. If other resources are not available in sufficient quantities, then large labour force can become an obstruction to faster economic growth. Some countries particularly the developing countries have fast growth rate of population. Population is the means as well as ends of economic development. They are an asset if in adequate strength and prove to be a liability if excess in strength. Population has crossed the optimum limit in India and has become a liability. So problem of population explosion in India has proved to be a big hindrance in the success of economic planning and development. Population explosion is adversely affecting the standard of living. Overpopulation creates the problems like unemployment, shortage of food, low per capita income, problem of capital formation, high pressure, social problems, economic insecurity, social insecurity, increases pressure on land and environment degradation. Population has become the most serious issue of the world today, due to increasing population, problems like pollution and global warming are also taking a big form. Many governments around the world have taken strict steps for population control, but still the population is increasing continuously. Controlling population is the biggest challenge of today’s era. However, the countrymen should come forward and cooperate in population control by using discretion instead of law. However, when such a demand for population control arises, they are given a religious colour, the country’s limited resources, employment opportunities and in view of poverty, it has become necessary to find a universal solution in this matter.