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RELATED ISSUES
POPULATION AND
RELATED ISSUES
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Year
Total population
(in million)
Average annual
exponential growth
rate (in percent)
1891
235.9
1901
238.4
0.11
1911
252.1
0.56
1921
251.3
-0.3
1931
279.0
1.04
1941
318.7
1.33
1951
361.1
1.25
1961
439.2
1.96
1971
548.2
2.20
1981
683.3
2.22
1991
843.4
2.14
2001
1027.0
1.97
2011
1210.1
1.64
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Table-1
Growth:
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AGE COMPOSITION
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Dependency Ratio:
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Chronic hunger and malnutrition are still widespread in some parts rural India
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The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act has directly led to
the creation of 987 crore person-days of work
since inception. In Financial Year 2010/11,
(MGNREGA) provided employment to 5.45
crore households generating 253.68 crore
person-days.
Under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana
roads have resulted in significant benefits to
rural households because of better connectivity
to markets and also easier access to health and
educational facilities.
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Challenges
1961
24.8
58.59
33.11
34.11
1971
30.30
64.56
37.32
34.26
1981
35.17
69.06
43.57
33.89
1991
44.01
73.08
52.21
29.07
2001
58.73
79.92
64.83
21.19
2011
68.91
84.97
74.04
16.06
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State variations
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Air pollution
Water pollution
Inflation
Unemployment & Illiteracy
Food problem
Poor Quality of life
The contraceptive prevalence rate among 1524 years is 18.6% and below 10% in the districts
of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Orissa, Madhya
Pradesh and Rajasthan.
Invest in youth.
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ii.
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v.
Contain the spread of Acquired ImmunoDeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), and promote greater
integration between the management of
Reproductive Tract Infections (RTI) and Sexually
Transmitted Infections (STI) and the National AIDS
Control Organisation.
i.
ii.
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