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Hong Kong’s Exodus On Rise: How It Changes Demography?

Dr. Kankana DebnathAugust 25, 20220

Hong Kong, the Special administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China has recorded a sharp decline in population due to exodus. Hong Kong’s exodus is on the rise due to strict Covid control measures and political crackdown by the Chinese government. According to Census and Statistics Department the city's total population fell from 7.41 million people to 7.29 million. This happens to be the biggest decline since the government began tracking the statistics in 1961. The decline through the years Hong Kong’s exodus is on rise since the pro-democracy protests of 2019 and 2020. This was the time when the government carried out a heavy crackdowns on civil liberties. Following this nearly 90,000 residents have left the territory. Around 113,200 residents left Hong Kong over the past ...

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Why Sanitation Is A Big Problem To Tackle In India After 75 Years Of Independence?

Pooja YadavMay 4, 20220

Infamous for sooty air, polluted water, and customarily troublesome sanitation, India has made many strides within the past few years but still has much to try and do so as to enhance sanitation. because of a scarcity of access to toilets, many problems like clean drinkable, disease spreading, and contamination can arise. According to Unicef, in 2015 568 million people were forced to defecate in fields or open areas because of a lack of sufficient toilets, quite 90% of the people who do so in South Asia and 1/2 of the people within the world did so. In 2019, the number of individuals decreased to 450 million, but still is much from over.   The Swachh Bharat or Clean India mission was founded by India’s Prime Minister in 2014 to do to repair this widespread issue. Defecati...

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India To Surpass China’s Population By 2027; Is It An Asset Or A Liability?

Pooja YadavMay 3, 20220

India features a vast amount of individuals, with a population of over 1.3 million people, constituting 17.7% of the world’s population. Now, issues are commencing to arise for India and its massive population. India has reached its limit and might not support all of its people. India is estimated to surpass China population-wise in 2027, showing how briskly the population of India has grown and the way many issues it can create. China has 7% of the world’s land, while India only has 2.4% while carrying an analogous population size. While the increment has over-involved, the damage went on, creating many issues. With an enormous population, it's possible to utilize it properly to advance the country. With many working-class adults, there may be economic processes and jobs with...

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Kerala Succeeds In Controlling The Rapid Growth Of Population

Monomita NagJanuary 24, 20220

With a  population of around 1.37 billion, India's growth rate of population is the highest in the world. It is reported that in the last 10 years, 181 million people have been added to the existing population. If this growth rate remains unchecked it would not take long for India to emerge number one in the world in terms of population. But it is a matter of great appreciation that the state of Kerala located in South West India can boast of the lowest birth rate in the country. This is one of the most densely populated states and has approximately a population of 32 million, but the number of births fell by 71,000 during the period 2020 to 2021. With live birth recorded below 4 lakhs for the first time in the past decade. Except for Ernakulam where the live births went up fro...

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Decline In TFR And Increase In Female Population: NFHS Suggests Some Positive Demographic Changes In India

Vaishali GautamDecember 18, 20210

The discourse on the population of India has taken a new turn. The National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5) has indicated a decline in the rate of population growth in India. It indicated that the Total Fertility Rate (TFR) has come to 2 i.e. one woman on average is giving birth to 2 children. To be more precise it’s 1.6 in urban and 2.1 in rural areas. Also for the first time, females outnumbered males. According to the survey, there are 1020 females per 1000 males in the nation. This survey is done by the central health ministry every 5 years. The results came out of the one conducted in two phases between 2019 and 2021. Though it is only a sample survey the estimations and conclusions of these surveys have been found to be precise over the years. The actual demographics will be clear aft...

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In UP, Policymaking Needs To Be More Evidence-Based

Abhay ChauhanDecember 8, 20210

The RSS and its affiliate bodies have time and again argued for a population control law even at the national level. Often BJP lawmakers have coaxed their fellow Hindu brethren to produce more children. Few BJP ruled states flirted with this idea- such as Assam, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh. But the front runner in this cause is Uttar Pradesh. The need for such a law as stated by its proponents is to stabilize and control the growing population which poses enormous stress on the limited capacity of the state. But quite often the real motives are veiled behind loaned reasoning, as the claims of population disaster are not backed by authentic data and it seems that it is not really a concern for the increasing population but that increase is specifically targeted to a community, which i...

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