Modi Pushes for Population Control
Population control is back on the agenda of the present Indian government of Narendra Modi. In his 15 th August Indian Independence Day speech prime minister Modi put his government’s focus back on population issue, and he went as far as to say that, But there is a vigilant section of the public which stops to think, before bringing a child to the world, whether they can do justice to the child, give them all that she or he wants,” he continued. “They have a small family and express their patriotism to the country. Let’s learn from them. There is a need for social awareness. Those who follow the policy of small family also contribute to the development of the nation, it is also a form of patriotism. So is Indian population really a problem like what Modi is terming it to be? The French Liberal economist J B. Say had a lot to say about the issue of population. In his masterpiece ‘ A Treatise on Political Economy ‘ Book II, Ch. XI, OF THE MODE IN WHICH THE QUANTITY OF