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We know that population in INDIA is increasing daybyday.What are the ways to reduce the total population

The success of family planning greatly depends on women and their status.
Thus, it is imperative for the women to be educated so that they can decide
on the number of children they want and be aware of the available birth
control measures. Also, in a country like India, it is important for the
women to have equal rights in the decision about the number of children to
be produced. Women also need to get educated about the impacts of having so
many children on their own bodies and the impacts on their children. In
addition, not only the young ones, but also the older women need to be
educated so that they can teach the right family planning to their own
daughters. However, in India, almost no importance is given to the
education of women because of the financial conditions in some families and
the religious and social norms in some. In such a case, educating women
about family planning becomes an even more difficult task.
     India, being a diverse country, has people from all religions and of
different family backgrounds. As mentioned earlier, in Islam, children are
considered to be a gift of God, and thus Muslims do not believe in birth
control measures. Also, among the Catholics, abortion is considered a sin.
Thus, the people from such sects of the society do not follow family
planning.
     In India, most of the population live in the rural areas. However,
family planning is not widely advertised in rural areas. Also, in rural
areas, social and religious norms are more strictly followed. As a result,
all the above-mentioned problems are even more intense in rural areas with
the addition of the lack of family planning facilities in those areas. In
fact, from my own experience, family planning is considered a sin in most
of the tribal and rural communities.


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