Population Control Row: Mayawati was apparently referring to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's statement on Monday, who said that population “imbalance” in the country can lead to anarchy.
Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath has said that programmes pertaining to awareness of population stabilisation have been running for the past five decades.
World Population Day 2022: India’s urban population is estimated to stand at 675 million in 2035, the second-highest behind China’s one billion, the UN has said in a report.
Theme for World Population Day 2022 is "A world of 8 billion: Towards a resilient future for all – Harnessing opportunities and ensuring rights and choices for all".
Elon Musk was tagged in an article on Twitter having latest data on Japan's population, following which he tweeted his response.
Quoting a special bulletin on Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR)released by the Registrar General of India, the ministry said the country has been witnessing a progressive reduction in MMR from 130/lakh in 2014-2016, 122/lakh in 2015-17, 113/lakh in 2016-18, and 103 per lakh live births in 2017-19.
Choubey also informed that Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav, who was supposed to deliver a special address at the summit, could not attend the event as he was travelling out of the city.
This was a decrease of 2 pc compared to 2011, Xinhua news agency quoted the census results released on Wednesday as saying.
Yogi said that efforts should be made for population stabilisation, along with awareness. "Efforts will be made to stabilise population by providing solutions for impotency and infertility, and reducing infant and maternal mortality rate through improved health facilities," he said
Adopt a decent family planning policy for population control to reduce poverty, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has urged to the minority community in the state. The chief minister was speaking on the occasion of the completion of 30 days of his government.
China on Sunday started the world’s biggest exercise of population count, conducted once in a decade, to document demographic changes in the most populous country.
An estimated 67,385 babies will be born in India, in 2020 on New Year's Day, UNICEF said on Wednesday. Indian babies will account for 17 per cent of the estimated 3,92,078 babies to be born globally on New Year's Day. In China stands second in the list with 46,299 babies expected to be born on New Year's Day.
The population of stray animals, including cattle and dogs, is rising in both rural and urban areas of many states, parliament was informed on Friday.
Union minister Giriraj Singh, shared a graphic on his official Twitter handle on World Population Day which showed that India's population grew by a staggering 366 per cent between 1947 and 2019 as against only 113 per cent rise in sparsely populated US.
The report also confirmed that the world's population is growing older due to increasing life expectancy and falling fertility levels, and that the number of countries experiencing a reduction in population size is growing.
India will remain the most populated country through the end of the current century, a UN report said
A bench of Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice Brijesh Sethi issued notice to the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Law Commission of India seeking their stand on the plea which was listed for hearing next on September 3.
He further said that his mantra is "hum do, hamare do, sabke do" (Only two kids for every couple) irrespective of caste or religion or economic status.
India's total population stood at 1.362 billion this month based on United Nations estimates.
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