India @ 7 Billion.ppt

* * The world population is projected to reach 7 billion by the close of 2011. China and India together constitute over 2.5 billion, which is more than a third of the entire world population. The last 3 decades, saw the population growth rate of China decline faster than India. By 2025, India is likely to overtake the population of China to become the nation with the largest population in the world. * The above pyramid matches the population of Indian states with that of countries of the world. For instance, U.P has more population than Brazil, Maharashtra more than Mexico and a small state like Nagaland equals that of Botswana. As a matter of fact the population of India is almost equal to the combined population of U.S.A, Indonesia, Brazil, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Japan put together. (1210 million versus 1214 million) During the period 2001-2011, the annual population growth rate of the country was recorded as 1.76%. Inter state disparities are apparent with growth rates varying form 1.28% in Himachal Pradesh to 2.51% in Bihar. The 18 high focus states (Uttar Pradesh, Uttaranchal, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Orissa, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Mizoram, Sikkim and Tripura) under the National Rural Health Mission account for around 50% of India’s total population.  * India started experiencing rapid demographic transition since the 1980s. Due to this, a demographic window of opportunity is being experienced by the country in the form of a Youth Bulge. The youth bulge, is not going to last for ever. The growth rate in working ages witnessed a peak around the year 2000 in comparison to the overall dependent growth rates. This implies that the effect of youth bulge would be felt till 2025, subsequent to which, the growth rate of the elderly is likely to take over and peak after mid 2040s. The needs of the youth and the elderly, should be addressed within the varied d