Q.Population Explosion.

Population explosion means an unusually rapid rise in population, which in India resulted from a high birth rate continuing while the death rate fell quickly because of improved medical care, nutrition and sanitation. The gap between births and deaths produced a very fast population growth that strains resources and development. This is an AP Intermediate 2nd-year Economics topic on population.

Population explosion refers to a sudden and very rapid increase in the size of a population over a short period. In India this occurred mainly after the 1920s and accelerated after Independence, because:

1. The birth rate remained high owing to early marriage, lack of education, poverty, social customs and limited use of family planning.
2. The death rate fell sharply because of advances in medical facilities, control of epidemics and famines, better nutrition, clean water and sanitation.
3. The wide gap between the high birth rate and the falling death rate caused a rapid natural increase in population. …