Topic 7.2: 1) Solutions March 16, 2014

Topic 7.2: 1 Best measures to control population

Generally it is said that the high population growth rate in the developing countries is a biggest drag on their development. 

1. Up to what extent do you agree that Government should take strong actions to control the rapid population rise in the country. Discuss.

Solution:  

Introduction: 

Rapid rise in the population of the country has become a big problem for some countries like India, China Indonesia, Pakistan, Bangladesh etc. Governments in these countries finding difficulties in allocating the scarce resources on one hand and on the other side the demand for the quality goods and services is rising rapidly resulting in a socio-economic problems in a country.   

Its important to control the rapid rise of population before the economic situations goes out of control. 

• Quick to control the population through rule and regulation like One child policy in China
• Its easy to achieve the optimum population level with force to create the right balance between the population and the resources
• Government regulations can manage the population growth more effectively and efficiently
• Rapid population rise is more influenced by high birth rate which due to certain social and religious reasons. So their are very less chances people themselves will take effective measure to control the population, so its important for the government to step in control the population rise.
• Rapid population rise is more influenced by individual or micro societies but the problem comes at the macro economic level. So government is at the better position to control these micro societies which may tilt the population structure and create life long social problems in the society.  

Governments interference in the decision making process of family may create many anomalies in the society and  should not adopt strong actions for family planning measures

• Family planning is strictly induction choice which much be left to individual family as its a right of family to decide its own size
• Forceful family planning may agitate the family and as a whole society and create social unrest in the civic society
• One child policy in China drastically influenced the labour force in China
• Force policies has encouraged the societies to go for illegal sex selection and give rise to problem of gender ration in the society. 
• In some of societies its has encourage corruption as resource full people by pass the laws by paying the money

Note: students can use other relevant reasons in the support of their answers. In discuss questions its important to present a reasoned arguments. 

  

Conclusion:

To decide the family size is the basic right and no one has a right to interfere in it. Government should not make rules and regulation it may back fire in the form of different types of social irregularities.   

(Its important to present well argued conclusion which must favour one side, it can be in favour or against. Important is your well developed reasoned logics)